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slowly changing my responses, physical, verbal and in my mind. It’s becoming easier with practice, and I allow a sigh of relief here and there each time there’s the realization of progress.</p><p id="c2dc">My son is starting to trust me not only because I am his parent, but because I am love and comfort. He sees me less as the big bad wolf howling demands and more as the womb he came from as life.</p><p id="e1f4"><i>Copyright © 2020 by Georgiana Petec. All rights reserved.</i></p><p id="7692">Thank you so much for reading. Happy Holidays with peace, joyful moments and mountains of love! 🙏🎊🎍</p><p id="2de9">Thank you <a href="https://medium.com/@diacz?source=post_page-----b593b2568dd6--------------------------------">𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊.</a> for the amazing prompts you grace us with:</p><div id="4f15" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/weekly-prompt-21-25-12-b593b2568dd6"> <div> <div> <h2>Weekly Prompt: 21–25.12</h2> <div><h3>2 Days of Reflection + Poetry</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wayak9-OL_GBUxvi8qVeyQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="82af" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/belief-4f691f496916"> <div> <div> <h2>Belief</h2> <div><h3>Tuesday: What is a belief you were raised with that you now disagree with?</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*VziJOXhEJV9BtdDDEQht8w.jpeg)"></

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Wednesday: Describe a decision you’re facing right now. Which path will lead to most growth?

I don’t really know. This question makes me panic, dreading that I may be lost. What if there is no growth on my path- because I feel stagnant now? No growth-leading-path hanging on new decisions at the moment.

I do vow to follow through with the most recent one that I believe will help me grow as a mother, a person, a being.

My little guy is the third boy I’m bringing up. This time my own flesh and blood, his cells unite often to push those hidden buttons, or worse, buttons I thought inexistent. After raising my voice and threatening punishment countless times, feeling rotten afterwards, I’ve decided to become a better parent. Fury escalates into violence, loss of control. I should know better where that leads to. I remember all too well.

The amount of books and audiobooks one can find at the public library is enormous. I’ve put my name on waiting lists for as many as possible, borrowed as many as I could, and I’m listening, reading and scribbling down things to do, or that I think would help, with every chance I’ve got.

I can now slowly think ahead. I am slowly changing my understanding of my son’s actions and reactions, and I am slowly changing my responses, physical, verbal and in my mind. It’s becoming easier with practice, and I allow a sigh of relief here and there each time there’s the realization of progress.

My son is starting to trust me not only because I am his parent, but because I am love and comfort. He sees me less as the big bad wolf howling demands and more as the womb he came from as life.

Copyright © 2020 by Georgiana Petec. All rights reserved.

Thank you so much for reading. Happy Holidays with peace, joyful moments and mountains of love! 🙏🎊🎍

Thank you 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘊. for the amazing prompts you grace us with:

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