Tuesday, February 27, 2018

SOMETHING TO KVELL ABOUT ...

As to the boys’ first experience in snow country
They fell too often to develop a fondness for
Working at boarding; however they
Fell in love with sledding, suggesting
They’ll feel eager to return to
Play in the snow, which met
Barry’s realistic expectation, based in
His personal experience during childhood when
He was positively encouraged to develop
A work ethic so that rather than giving up when
The going gets rough Barry’s attitude of positive
Focus could be seen encouraging both of the boys to
Develop the heartfelt determination and self disciplined
Resilience necessary to accomplish challenging tasks as
They work toward achieving long range, hard won
Personal goals, and as choices were offered, here’s what
Was decided by the time we left the mountain:
Ray’s mindset had expanded to include sledding and
Ski lessons (rather than snowboarding) while
His older brother Tony was solely focused on
Sledding, and since both boys had concluded that
Snow country offered lots of fun
Barry’s short range goal of encouraging
This pair of munchkins to feel eager to
Re-experience some winter activities met with success
As for me, I’ve been ‘kvelling’ at Barry’s valiant
Efforts to offer these strong spirited, little guys
An emotional environment that feels so safe as to
Inspire each child to grow up feeling free to continue to
Develop into the existential being we were
All born to be, meaning that each one will grow up feeling
Encouraged to naturally choose to excel at a variety of
Individualized as well as communal activities, which
Will serve to deepen mutually respectful bonds of
Family togetherness as traditions are enjoyed and
Values are adopted in similar fashion to those which
Barry and his brothers came to embrace as their own once
The spirit of cooperation had been so well absorbed at
Home during family meetings as to inspire
A trio of feisty lads to stop fighting for dominance in favor of
Developing the emotional maturity role modeled by
Leadership, which proves necessary if a family is to
Brainstorm their way through conflicts by offering children
Lots of practice at being sent to time out, together, after
Being instructed to put their heads together and make
Good use of two intelligent brains to come up with
Mutually respectful solutions to their problems with
Each other while they grew toward
Becoming each other’s best friends
PS
Kvelling is a Yiddish term meaning ‘swelling with
Personal happiness and pride’ as when heartfelt
Determination to advance, step by step, toward
Achieving a difficult task accomplishes
Positively focused, deeply rewarding results ...




A bit of apres-ski craziness at one degree above zero!

Though change is the only constant in life
Some things stay the same—for example
We can see why my mom always said:
When it's cold, Annie stays toasty warm while awaiting the school bus!
(Though, while growing up in the icy Midwest
I didn't know to wear a ski mask—LOL!)  

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