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mamaslearning
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 10:36am \| IP Logged

So, our Parish has each child bring a banner to hang on the family's pew for First Communion (we are participating with her Prep class). I was thinking about having my mom do an embroidered one that we could use for each child, and then I thought we'll just make a felt one. I finally decided I just didn't have the creative energy to think it through and ended up buying a packaged banner kit. I felt kind of guilty for not doing some special (you should've seen the examples they had - beautifully handmade), but as she was assembling it today I realized that it didn't matter to her. She was perfectly happy to glue together the kit and add her own special touches! When finished, she told her brother that her banner was so "awesome".

Just wanted to share that sometimes I get in my own way and forget to see it through her eyes.

She didn't need a fancy banner, she was happy to just share time with me and talk about her FHC while using glitter glue.

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ShannonJ
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Posted: April 25 2012 at 11:05am \| IP Logged

That's lovely and so true. Sometimes we do need to just step back and see things as our children do.

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Posted: May 04 2012 at 9:02pm \| IP Logged

The best part of being creative with kids is the quality time, not how good it looks!
My kids are always teaching me things!

Congratulations to your daughter on her holy day!

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elynnmom
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 9:05am \| IP Logged

Thanks for sharing this, Lara. It's a great reminder and bit of perspective for me!

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Posted: May 05 2012 at 4:27pm \| IP Logged

Beautiful! The process is always so much more important than the product. And that holds true for more than just craft projects.

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