I’m grateful for increasing experience. In nursery today I saw how to break the pattern of dependence that trapped me with Noah and extra that Emma is beginning to display. I told her that we weren’t going to repeat that again and then set her down rather than holding her on my lap. She called down after a minute or two but then cried when I did up. After she called down she started playing with toys. I soon discovered that a long as I started in one place she would remain calm (no taking a step to one side) but if I moved our talked to someone she would cry for another minute. I realized that of she learned to calm herself everything I moved she would eventually learn to call herself when I left. By the end of church she was playing as if I wasn’t there. I am hopeful that within a few weeks she’ll be comfortable enough to stay without either of us.
I am also grateful for readily available food (fasting remind me of that blessing) and for the ever increasing level of understanding and trust between Laura and I.
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