Personalities

Each of our children have their own special mold. Now the question is: what do we do with the mold? Jonathan is passionate without many parameters but with the ability to be very focused. Abigail is very social, likes to always be in charge of every situation and learns more through experiences than through words. Thomas is our analytical child who loves to be a clown. Elizabeth is our peaches and cream child, who always wants to be close.

I love to do crafts with my children and watch how differently they each will do the same activity. After I explain what we are doing Jonathan will become extremely focused and carefully work on each little detail, completely absorbed and unaware of anything else that is going on. Abigail will keep the crayons, scissors, glue, etc... beside her, eager to pass them to whoever wants them, get anyone water, pick up anything that is done being used etc... Thomas will take one crayon at a time (received individually from Abbie) and make a straight line of different colors across his page, then make a line of colors beneath it, and so on down the page. At the end of the project Jonathan will have flushed cheeks and a glowing face as he proudly comes out of his world and shows me his craft. Abigail will also be beaming with her finished craft which will be similar to what she saw Jonathan do and she will have most, if not all, of the craft things put back in their piles. Thomas will want his special paper on the board. He will be quite happy because Abigail took care of every need and he was able to get his drawing done in straight, color coordinated lines.

I look at these children and marvel that I am called "mommy" by them. Sometimes their personalities can become irritating or overwhelming to me, but I sure have my own idiosyncrasies that I need their patience with. How wonderful that God has chosen to develop all six of us with each other. There are so many sins and flaws that He is working on in our lives through our six personalities. How marvelous!