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Mom....Just Mom...I forgot my other name.

We don't sleep alone, eat alone, pee alone, shower alone, or do anything alone...

What are we?

You guessed it....Mommy!

Stand with me as we hold our heads high...There may be puke, or any number of bodily fluids that you were unaware even existed before Momhood, in our hair...

We may not have showered for an undisclosed amount of time...

We may have cookies and doodle pads in our purse, instead of lipstick or money...

But, we are the strongest beings on earth, So I dare anyone to mess with a mom on a mission to find the cookies, hidden in the bottom of the endless bag, in a quiet room, filled with quiet people, she doesn't know, while a 5 year old screams at a 3 year old, who screams at an 18 month old "STOP HITTING ME!!!!"...

My Love...My Life....

Saturday, October 25, 2008

I don't get it...Why is my 5 year old the one being hit!?!?!?!

Just when we think that maybe it has passed, what happens? Lily reminds us that she still has so much LDS influence it's scary!
I swear it's been like 2 weeks since anything has come up. we were really starting to think that maybe it has passed.
Well, this morning has proved other wise. I asked her to say the prayer over breakfast, which she happily said "mmm K".
All was going well when out of the blue...BAM.... " Please help me to see Jesus in the Temple."

WHAT!?

In church she would hear stories about people, and sometimes children seeing Jesus in the Temple. So she knew that we were preparing to go and get sealed as a family in the Temple. Of course she was hoping and PRAYING that SHE would see Jesus in the Temple! We, not knowing better ourselves, encouraged her to pray to see Jesus.

The subject has not come up for some time now. Just out of the clear blue sky she prayed for this, this morning!

I just don't know how to handle this. These things were deemed as true, and pleasing to Heavenly Father. How do I tell my 5 year old that everything that she has been taught, that affected every aspect of her life, is wrong?!?!?! ? I mean, we were going to the Temple so that if one of us were to die, we knew we would be able to be with each other again. How do you explain that one away to a fragile 5 year old!?

I am so scared to tell my daughter any of these "truths" are not "truths" at all.

Imagine, if you will, raising your children in a very loving and very Christian home, you taught her about the love of Jesus, and about how He died on the cross for us... OK....

Then imagine you found out that some of these "truths" were wrong! Imagine as a Christian women, the way you teach your children. It is not. "well, we believe that these things are probably true".....No..... it is the way it is. God loves us, Jesus came, He Lived, He died, He rose, And He lives again!

This is the way our home was....just add the whole Temples, Prophets, Book Of Mormon....etc. etc. etc.....

If I tell her that some of these things were wrong, I am afraid that she is going to doubt and question the other things, Like, Jesus Loves us, He lived, He died, He rose again, And He lives again! She is a very inquisitive 5 year old, and she really thinks about things on a bigger level. She has always been a thinker.

I just don't know what to do....ugh....I know God will show me the way, I just hope that my 5 year old isn't damaged by or choices.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

As an exmormon myself, I would just tell her that you were misled by satan's lies, the Bible says that no one can see God. Read her those verses. Tell her Jesus saved you from mormonism because you were seeking His face.