Humility

Last night at supper I blew it (again) with my oldest son. It was one of those times that all that was required was patience and I fell short. This morning I called him from work and apologized.

We are very similar in our personalities and it's so easy to clash, if I'm/we're not careful. We both do much better now than we did a few years ago (we've had lots of practice).

I can't think of anything in life I have experienced that does more to develop humility than parenting- it makes us understand that we have a lot to be humble about.