"Let us remember that desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. In addition, it is our actions and our desires that cause us to become something..." ~Elder Dallin H. Oaks
My theme this year is all about my choices. About how I can choose to let the Lord enter my heart and correct my many flaws. This week with my mom has just reinforced how far I have to go.
I love my Mom. I love her so very much. But we butt heads like crazy. I've been told by a close friend that this is the natural progression between Mother's and Daughters. I just wish I could understand why it hurts so much.
I don't see eye to eye with my mom-we are very different people. But that does not mean that I don't love and admire her. I want her to be proud of me-I want her to know I am proud of her and that I want to be the best I can be for her. But when we are together, I feel like I just fall short. I feel like I can never get it right-like I am constantly trying to say/do all the wrong things just to get under her skin.
I've been really trying to remember that I choose how I interact with my mom and been trying to remind myself that one of my greatest desires is to have a loving relationship with my mother. I just have so far to go....
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It will come in time! Just remember, you mom has come to visit you like 40-million times, that says something :)
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