{"id":1762,"date":"2010-12-02T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T04:42:53","slug":"learning-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=1762","title":{"rendered":"Learning Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend sent me the link to this artists blog.\u00a0 And I must admit some of her stuff is truly entertaining, especially because its accompanied by artwork.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

God of Cake<\/a>
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The post was a long story of how as a child she tried to eat the cake her mother had baked for her Grandfather’s 75th birthday.\u00a0 It was funny, but I was amazed at my reactions to reading it.\u00a0 I couldn’t really sympathize with the girl.\u00a0 I’ve never read a more clear correlation between kids and dogs!\u00a0 As I read I kept thinking, ‘I know what would have cured her of ever doing that again.”\u00a0 If her mother had burst into tears upon seeing her daughter all puffed up and selfishly eating that cake.\u00a0 Kids see angry and frustrated parents all the time.\u00a0 But cry in front of your kids and you’ll be amazed at the impact.
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I know this because once a few years ago when my boys and I were all doing cuddle time on a weekend morning, Evan accidentally knocked me in the face with an elbow.\u00a0 The pain was so sharp I immediately cried\u00a0 and pulled away.\u00a0 The entire room went silent, then quiet apologies.\u00a0 They accepted my chastisement of taking it too rough followed instantly by forgiveness and back to cuddling.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But in that moment they realized Mom wasn’t invincible, that she could be hurt and that they never wanted to hurt her.\u00a0 No matter what they mutter under their breath several years later! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A lesson worth every tear.
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