OH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE!

Those of you that know Erica ... well, you know she is exactly like me. Which is why we have our "moments" as we work through life together. Today, she was cleaning her room and I told her not to forget to vacuum her room and proceeded to tell her exactly where the vacuum could be found. I did this only because I had been using it. However, in her remark, she said, "I know MOM! I KNOW WHERE IT IS!" I left it alone at that after thinking to myself, "you don't have to be so grouchy."

A minute later, she showed up in my room. She says to me, "Mom? When you ask me to do something, you don't have to tell me exactly how and where and what to do. I do know how to do some things and when you tell me that, it makes me feel like I don't know anything when I do."

Now. Imagine me standing there with a dust pan in my hand and Scott is in the bathroom cleaning the sinks listening. My response was, "Okay. I hear that and I won't tell you all that next time. I only said it because sometimes you ask and I was just covering my bases." She responds, "Okay" and walks out. I hear this snickering. Scott is snickering and laughing so hard that he looked like he was going to bust a blood vessel in his head. At first, I was thinking, "WHAT IS THAT???" And then I realize she is so cool. To see small glimpes of maturity and expression of feeling .... that she could communicate words to me instead of attitude and frustration .... WOW! I think this whole teenage years will be tough, but I think God is going to use it as part of my sanctification process as well. Because again, I'm not perfect! Praise the LORD!!!!!!!!!!