Writer’s Workshop: Someday I am going to be a Virtuous Lady
It may not be now, tomorrow or next year but slowly bit bit I will get there. With guidance and love from my parents and GOD I will be taught the difference between what is right and wrong.
Everyday I will be learning through experience the meanings of the various virtues like kindness ,integrity and honesty.
I will gradually understand the need to be self-discipline and responsible for my actions. Even though I may not agree with what my elders say and do at times I know that they have my best interest at heart.
They will show me how I can benefit from being tolerant and I will get to reap the sweet rewards that come from perseverance.
Diligence and determination will be the tools that will help to see me through any rough patches which I may get into. Practicing forgiveness for self and others will help to keep me at peace and minimize my worries.
I will be learning what it means to take proper care of myself both physically and mentally. I will learn how important it is for me to be in-charge of myself and not give in to peer and worldly influences which may be bad for me.
I will know how to respect myself enough to accept what GOD has planned for me and be able to think through on life altering decisions which I ma have to make. To pray and ask for advice when I feel my vision is clouded and to be able to let go if things don’t work out.
What do you hope for your child in the future?
What are you doing now to guide them?
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October 18, 2012 @ 1:34 pm
I hope they can support themselves, and be self sufficient. I hope they are good, kind, down to earth people whether successful or not. I hope they never think they are too good for something…that is a very bad trait. Thanks for posting, have a wonderful weekend.
October 18, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
yes…. I hope all these for my girl too. 🙂
October 18, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
thanks for sharing this.. i will do the same for my children soon.. 🙂
October 18, 2012 @ 3:08 pm
My hopes for our son is good health, a happy heart, and to live his faith. We are teaching by example.
October 18, 2012 @ 3:51 pm
very nice share… I also wish the same for my kids…
October 18, 2012 @ 6:34 pm
While I don’t have children myself, I feel as though I help guide my students at school. Many of them don’t have the support at home that I did when I was a child and everyday I let them know that they are a good person, that I care about them, and I try to teach them what is right.
October 18, 2012 @ 7:18 pm
@Hezzi,
great to hear that you are supportive of your students as a teacher. Being a teacher myself I also know how it is important for these kids to have a positive mentor to guide them where their parents are unable to give them the proper support.
October 18, 2012 @ 7:31 pm
Very strong post. I try to not only teach my children right in words but in actions and if I make a mistake take responsibility for it and try to make it right. I want my children to be able to cling to God for the support they need but to also be capable of taking care of themselves and making the right decisions. We would discuss different scenarios so they could plan the outcome before hand. Life can hand us some challenges and I wanted them prepared to make the outcome the best possible.
October 18, 2012 @ 7:48 pm
hi, you have such a nice blog.
my children are grown-ups already, the first one working for two years, and the other one just landed a job in one of those prestigious schools. i admire your desires for your children to grow virtuous. every mom and most dads would always desire to have their children grow as responsible individuals. i have learned a lot from a being a mom, even including the thought that being a good parent is not guarantee. i say this without drowning your hopes for your children because i believe there is always hope with God on our side. 😀
still, i will answer the questions:
1. I hope that my children (even if both of us their parents had reached the dawn of life) will get to remember the advices and the words of wisdom, and that they will not forget that we love them very much no matter what will come in between and unexpectedly, or painfully, or triumphantly.
2. As of present, they are grown ups that are in the process of discovering life on their own. I am not the type that impose but I want respect all the time. I think they will not forget that.
Good day to you, Dominique. You seem to be such a loving mom.
October 18, 2012 @ 9:24 pm
@Bing,
thanks for dropping by and posting your answers. Tried to leave a comment on your blog but it said that your post is closed to comments. I guess for all parents we all want the best for our kids. Hope that your kids do make you proud and live well. 🙂
October 18, 2012 @ 9:51 pm
hi, Dominique. the url is http://warmstonesite.com and comments are only moderated. i have to check on the posts if they are closed to comments. what particular post is that?
my kids are achievers. for that i am proud. there are and were moments that were not quite good because as always, parents and children clash when they do not agree on some matters. but all is well .. 😀
October 18, 2012 @ 8:31 pm
I want these for my son too.
October 18, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
I LOVE this! What a wonderful way to celebrate your daughter. We as parents must be their teachers (friends later) and provide the best guidance possible to see them through as educated, productive, God-loving citizens. Blessings to your family.
October 18, 2012 @ 9:44 pm
We’re really trying to teach our kids about personal responsibility. I think that if they can admit mistakes and accept the consequences without trying to blame others it will help them be better person all around. Thanks for sharing this message.
October 18, 2012 @ 9:55 pm
Hi, what a cute lady, i love those eyes! I’ve commented here earlier, but looks like it didn’t go through.
October 18, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
What a beautiful interpretation of this week’s prompt!
I’d love all of that for my children, too — but I could never say it so beautifully.
October 18, 2012 @ 11:24 pm
I really just hope my kids are good people. Kind to others, clean, ambitious and never afraid to try something and fail.
I want them to be educated and do worldly things like travel and volunteer for the less fortunate.
I hope that I am not always helping them make decisions for them but that they can come up with something so amazing completely on their own.
October 19, 2012 @ 12:09 am
My children are all grown up and forming their childrens’ characters. It’s fun to watch them!
October 19, 2012 @ 12:14 am
My children are adults now, but these are good questions you ask. My main goal was to raise kind, responsible people. I think we succeeded.
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October 19, 2012 @ 3:45 am
I just wrote a similar piece for a different site- 51 ways to make your kids happy. I started with the easy ones such as buy them a treat and then expanded m thoughts to teaching our kids skills such as honesty and hardwork, so they can be happy in the future. 🙂
October 19, 2012 @ 5:32 am
Hi Dominique ~~ I like your “V” word. Virtue is a very good characteristic to have.
I had hoped that each one of them would be able to be self sustaining if there came a crisis time in their life, i.e. death or divorce or disability of the other bread winner. Four of the five can do this. One writes music that she doesn’t sell.
Mrs. Jim and I give them grandparently advice. We also try to be a good example to the grandchildren and talk with them about crucial matters that may come up in their lives.
October 19, 2012 @ 5:59 am
This is a fantastic post, I love every single thing that you wrote, and your daughter is very lucky to have you watching out for her in every way. I hope for my children to marry the right person and to know God’s will for their life and follow it.
October 19, 2012 @ 6:12 am
I have so many hopes for my children.
A main one would be to love God with all their hearts and try only to please him and in so you’ll please others.
Today I try to do with them little things that reminds them of his glory and bounty in providing for us and even in the things that we might take for granted like a beautiful sky or the feel of the wind on the skin to cool.
Happy Thursday
Very nice post!
October 21, 2012 @ 3:16 am
That was so well written. My sons are grown, but I want them happy and well.
October 30, 2012 @ 7:36 am
All we can ever hope for, is to give them wings so they can fly…
And strength so they can endure.
This was a very lovely post!
Thank you for linking.
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