A Prayer for All Mothers

Oh, Heavenly Father,

Make me a better parent

Teach me to understand my children

To listen patiently to what they have to say

To answer all their questions kindly

Keep me from interrupting or contradicting them

Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me

Forbid that I should ever laugh at their mistakes

Or resort to shame or ridicule when they displease me.

May I never punish them for my own selfish satisfaction or to show my power

Let me not tempt my children to lie or steal

And guide me hour by hour

That I may demonstrate by all I say and do that honesty produces happiness.

Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me

And when I'm out of sorts

Help me, O Lord, to hold my tongue.

Make me fair and just and kind and

Fit, O Lord, to be loved and respected and imitated by my children. Amen.

Amen. Amen.

--slightly abridged...to read it all, get the book, My 40 Day Blessing Book by Christina Kyriacou. :-)