My mom loves to tell the story of my sister Kate and her one special egg. Mom and Kate were at an Easter egg hunt that featured one special golden egg. For some reason my mom decided that egg was going to be theirs. Kate must have been about two and at this hunt two year olds were allowed to have their moms accompany them on their hunt for eggs. My mom spotted the golden egg in the field and tried to guide Kate to the egg. Kate had another plan. She had noticed a plastic egg sitting in the grass that she really wanted. Once she reached the egg she had been focused on, she sat down and started playing with it. My mom could still see the golden egg out of the corner of her eye. She really wanted to go over and pick it up for Kate, but decided not to. If Kate had the one special egg she wanted, that would have to be enough.
The way my mom tells the story I don’t think she has fully gotten over Kate’s deciding not to go for the golden egg. I hope that I will let JDaniel find and appreciate the things he enjoys and not pushing him to go for my golden egg dreams.
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yes, us mommy’s can get a little crazy/competitive but somehow our children always bring us back down to the simple innocence! Happy Easter!
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Hi, there’s a lesson there for sure! I enjoyed reading your post. My K is HERE
I too get the sense that she has not totally forgiven me! 🙂 Now that I have been training my kids on successful egg hunting I may be following in her competitive footsteps!
I probably would have picked Kate up and ran her over for the golden egg LOL.
we went egg hunting last weekend. there was a cupcake egg. and i wanted baby to pick it up so much. and i pointed to it. and she picked it up. looked at it. threw it back down on the ground. and picked up the regular plastic egg next to it.
i blame ocd.
One man’s plastic is another’s gold, right? Cute, cute tale!!
hey, my kids like the box the present comes in more than the present sometimes LOL, i can totally relate 😀
That so sounds like a mom story…a child who is so involved in the enjoyment of the moment and a mom who is goal-oriented. Boy, have I been there!! Joni
This was a very great post. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder and I love that you will teach that the egg that each of us choose is just as special.
What a great lesson!
Teach me Lord, to step back and let my little girl be free to be who she is.
That’s the prayer of my heart.
Your Mom is a wise woman!
Nothing is sadder than watching some poor little thing trying to live out his or her mother’s dreams instead of their own..
What a beautiful tale from a wise and beautiful Mother.
Thanks for making our journey through Alphabe-Thursday so sweet this week.
Wonderful story.
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My mind went straight to this being an analogy. The golden egg representing God’s greatest gift – Jesus and the way that many people think they’ve found something better and settle when the best gift if right there if we ‘seek and find’.
Beautiful life lesson!!!
You are one wise momma! The sooner we moms figure this out, the happier and more content we are.
What a sweet story. I love the way you write. May we all be mothers who guide well and know how to let our entrusted ones choose their own joys and treasures.
Ah we can get caught up in wanting the ‘best’ for our children and forget that our best might not be their best. Great post!
That was a lovely story – and a lesson for young parents and seasoned grandparents, alike!
This is a good reminder for me, the perfectionist, to lay off my youngest, also a perfectionist, so that he has some hope of achieving normalcy…thanks 🙂
Lovely story, I hope I always let my children pick the egg of their choice!
What an enjoyable story. Kate had a mind of her own.
what a great story that has a moral to it! It is nice to learn from our parents mistakes isnt it? the other way (learning from ours ) I think is harder……
I so love this story. It’s hard sometimes not to push our own dreams on our children. I love that little Kate had her own idea of what her “one perfect egg” was. Kat
Great story and I’m glad you reposted. I wasn’t around back then so this is fresh to me. My mom never did for us what we could do for ourselves or push us in any direction. Sure, we’re all messed up, but that’s because we’re nuts!
I remember this story and really liked it a lot This one was a good repeat lol.
So true~ Sometimes moms just need to let their kids “be” and your mom did as I am sure you do with Daniel!
This is a darling story with such a good moral to it…sounds like you should write it into a children’s book….would be a great easter book..bkm
What a great analogy! And very true. We can’t push our dreams onto our kids! Well said!
Great story.
Sometimes it’s hard to give up our own stuff and let the little ones have their fun.
What a delightful story!
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna’s little musician
Great fun rereading this post! Always strikes a chord!
Have a lovely weekend,
LOLA:)
PS Mine this time is HERE. Hope you’ve time to join me!
I remember this story from the first time you posted it. I thought it was a cute story then and now.
Your mother was wise woman and I’m glad she let your sister pick the egg she wanted. I work with children, and some pushy parents, and find myself saying “Let them be children! Enjoy this moment. Don’t push them to grow up faster than they already do.”
What a beautiful Alphabet Soup story. I loved this!
You are really a neat person. JDaniel is going to be an amazing adult with all your guidance and insight!
Thank you for linking this!
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wonderful story, your mother was right to let Kate have her choice of egg
I think our parent’s expectation sometimes are either wrong for us or just near impossible to follow through
smart tale.
This is a perfect example of being a mother. Seeing the golden egg and wanting your child to go for it, then allowing the child to choose what he or she wants.
Not an easy task! But a great life lesson. Your son is lucky you’ve already learned it…
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this is a lovely post
Well we all want what is the very best for our children. Cannot help but try. But in the end we let them choose their own route.
It’s so hard to watch our children make choices that don’t seem best for them. It doesn’t get any easier as the stakes get higher as they get older. They do ultimately have to make their own choices and live with them. Hopefully the more practice we give them on the little things, the better they’ll be with the big choices.
Cee
wonderful little story packed with a great big lesson …
I loved this both times I read it – :O)!!!