A little girl who makes me remember...

My daughter allows me to do things sometimes that I wouldn't do if she was not in my life.
Recently I was a little upset and  I was talking to Craig about it.
Bridie must have been listening and came up to me and said, "mum just go and see your friend you are talking about, she is your friend."
I stopped and looked at her and smiled. Bridie with out those little words I would have never had the courage, the common sense and the drive to see my friend, talk to my friend, smile and hold her in my arms.
The situation reversed I could see myself saying those words to Bridie. Craig looked at me and said that's exactly how you have encouraged all of us to approach our problems, so do it.
Bride said, " yeah do it mum."

Recently at school the children have been practising writing to each other, they post the letter in a post box in their room and then the teacher delivers it to the children.
I didn't know that Bridie was not receiving letters until the last day of the deliveries. Bridie came to me that morning before school and said she had not received a letter after writing several to her friends. With a big smile on her face she said, "it doesn't matter though mum because I wrote to myself and I got a letter," she was so happy.
I held her and said why not make your own happiness, how beautiful. 

It made me think, if we have no happiness, luck or fun coming our way, make your own just as Bridie did.

I couldn't help but make a fairy card that day and drop it in when she was out of the classroom. I  filled it with fairy cut outs and wrote a message to my little Bridie. 

Her teacher delivered the letter to Bridie and I had an even happier little girl when I picked her up.
It allowed me to remember to be kind, if you think of someone, send them a little message, it is sure to make them smile.

Bridie has been listening to the song "Roar", she has no idea who sings it but loves the song and moves her little body when she hears it. Sometimes we play it really loud and you can see she is just in her moment.
Friday is her busiest day at school and her most challenging.
When she went to school on Friday she wrote the words "roar" and taped them to her chest. I could see her writing and using tape at the table but took no notice, she then showed me before she buttoned her shirt up.
"Mum when I need to get through a part of my day I will remember these words."
"Sometimes I feel like shouting and moving when I do something good but that is hard to do at school so here is my roar."
I now think of those words when I do something great or just need to push through something, be part of something that I don't really want to do.

I will "ROAR" inside like my daughter.

I told Bridie sometimes we can't roar out loud because of the situation we are in but at home or when you are surrounded by your dear friends or on your own, shout and roar and let that feeling out.

Today we made clay on the grass under the shade of the macadamia tree. I go to grab my camera to remember this moment and I come back to find Bridie holding a clump of clay and smearing her body, face and hair with white clay.
It makes me smile and remember its fun to get dirty, have fun and be in the moment.

After some time we ventured to the bath.
Bridie sat in the bath soaking for a long time waiting for the clay to melt from her hair and body. I sat on the bath and chatted to her.