Applicant #16: Marcia Terry

Marcia Terry is a mom from Lakewood.

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A bit about me:

I'm a crafty stay at home mom to 2 little boys. I love traveling and visting festivals, fairs and museums. I enjoy making greeting cards and whimsical sculptures. I hate washing dishes. I've live in Washington for almost 6 years and I love all there is to explore here. I love my 2 year olds laugh when he and my hubby are trying to sneak up on me. I'm totally addicted to chocolate and I'd love to be the next Verity Mom!

My blog post:

I know a wonderful teacher. He's charismatic, tempermental, intelligent and fun. He's 2 years old, he's my son and I'm learning so much.

Watching my son play with his toddler friends isn't just fun to watch, it's an education.

A few weeks ago I met up with my good friend and her son for a park playdate. Both 2 year olds were running around and singing and yelling and generally having a good time. Until.... "S", in his excitement, grabbed my son and tried to wrestle him to the ground.

My little guy didn't like this at all. So he yelled "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" at "S," wriggled free from his grip and told him to "stop it." Then my son started chasing "S" again. The game was back on!

Now for those of you who are good at letting things roll off your back this is probably a "so what" moment. But for me it was huge. Instead of turing this situaion into a big ordeal both boys just moved on and continued with the fun stuff. No one's feelings were hurt and the laughing and chasing continued. Brilliant!

So that got me started thinking about how I react to little irritations and minor scuffles. I realized how much time and energy I have wasted feeling insulted or indignant about something trivial. Wasting time like that just doesn't make sense when there's so much good all around and that energy can be put to better use.

So, that's what I've been doing. Working on isolating those tiny moments of friction and addressing them if necessary and moving on. We don't get any extra time to live this life and I see how wisely our little kids use their time for playing, learning and enjoying what's good (with occassional tantrums thrown in). That's why they're so happy!

It took me 37 years to learn this lesson and I guess I was just waiting for the right teacher.

Marcia