OSCAR THE GROUCH...OR ELMO?
Today, I received an email. The beginning line read something like this: "Shelli, I know you're not exactly a 'kid person' ,but would you mind helping out with childcare at..."
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!!!!!!! WHEN DID I BECOME THE LADY THAT DOESN'T LIKE KIDS?????????
I've always always always loved kids. They (honestly) just scare me a little. The one time...ONE TIME...I ever baby-sat my neice, she had a seizure and had to be rushed to the emergency room. So, yah...I'm a little bit skiddish of being alone with a small person.
But, the fact of the matter is...I do not like working in "child care". I could NEVER EVER work at a "day care center". That would totally get on my last nerve and honestly, I would be the lady who always asked to be in the nursery so that I could just sit there and hold the baby that was already asleep when the brought him or her in.
BUT...here's the thing...the other day, my husband and I watched 6 little boys...ok, I'll repeat...6 LITTLE BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thanks a million Babyar...just kiddin') And it was fun. I fed them dinner and everything.
Maybe I just need to be more willing to "serve" in this area. If I concentrate on "serving" like Christ "served", then maybe I'll be more "ministry minded" rather than "self absorbed".
I WANT TO BE AN ELMO...but i think i'm an oscar the grouch!
The other day, I quoted on another friends blog "I like kids...just not yours!" Gee, and I wonder why people think these things about me! HMMM....
Today, I received an email. The beginning line read something like this: "Shelli, I know you're not exactly a 'kid person' ,but would you mind helping out with childcare at..."
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!!!!!!! WHEN DID I BECOME THE LADY THAT DOESN'T LIKE KIDS?????????
I've always always always loved kids. They (honestly) just scare me a little. The one time...ONE TIME...I ever baby-sat my neice, she had a seizure and had to be rushed to the emergency room. So, yah...I'm a little bit skiddish of being alone with a small person.
But, the fact of the matter is...I do not like working in "child care". I could NEVER EVER work at a "day care center". That would totally get on my last nerve and honestly, I would be the lady who always asked to be in the nursery so that I could just sit there and hold the baby that was already asleep when the brought him or her in.
BUT...here's the thing...the other day, my husband and I watched 6 little boys...ok, I'll repeat...6 LITTLE BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thanks a million Babyar...just kiddin') And it was fun. I fed them dinner and everything.
Maybe I just need to be more willing to "serve" in this area. If I concentrate on "serving" like Christ "served", then maybe I'll be more "ministry minded" rather than "self absorbed".
I WANT TO BE AN ELMO...but i think i'm an oscar the grouch!
The other day, I quoted on another friends blog "I like kids...just not yours!" Gee, and I wonder why people think these things about me! HMMM....
posted by Shelli at
6:00 PM
9 Comments:
Better than being Crazy Harry.
it'll be TOTALLY different when they're your own. I promise . . . except i don't have kids yet, so what do I know!
i used to love babysitting, but now, unless i have a vested interest in the child (i.e. my niece or nephew or the squirtlets who were in my wedding or their brother) or they are really, really well-behaved (i.e. my friend steph's baby), i'm kind of like, "ehh."
but i agree with shauna. i know i should stop comparing my dog to a child, but i love him to death, but i'm not really a dog-person in general.
weren't you the friend that mentioned orphan ministry or something??
well, adoption, yes. but then, they're your own kid.
oh sorry, Karen...I was referring to Shelli....uh, but yes you did mention adoption.
Yah, Justin and I have been thinking / praying / trying not to go off of our emotions about working with the little orphan boys from Romania and Ukraine.
you totally did not tell me about that! short-term or long-term?
Who knows...we can't even agree on how to raise our dog...let alone some foreign kids.
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