I like myself!

We read often at our house. Sometimes I get to choose the book. This is one of my favorites: (partially for what it teaches my kids, partially for what it teaches me!)

I like myself!

I'm glad I'm me.

There's no one else

I'd rather be.

I like my eyes, my ears, my nose.

I like my fingers and my toes.

I like me wild.

I like me tame.

I like me different

And the same.

I like me fast. I like me slow.

I like me everywhere I go.

I like me on the inside too,

For all I think and say and do.

Inside, outside, upside down,

From head to toe and all around,

I like it all! It all is me!

And me is all I want to be.

And I don't care in any way

What someone else may think or say.

I may be called a silly nut

or crazy cuckoo bird-so what?

I'm having too much fun, you see,

For anything to bother me!

Even when I look a mess,

I still don't like me any less,

'Cause nothing in this world, you know

Can change what's deep inside, and so...

No matter if they stop and stare,

No person

Ever

Anywhere

Can make me feel that what they see

Is all there really is to me.

I'd still like me with fleas or warts,

Or with a silly snout that snorts,

Or knobby knees or hippo hips

Or purple polka-dotted lips,

Or beaver breath or stinky toes

Or horns protruding from my nose,

Or-yikes-with spikes all down my spine,

Or hair that's like a porcupine.

I still would be the same, you see...

I like myself because I'm ME!

Written by: Karen Beaumont

Lessons learned

Nervously I watch as she teeters on the ladder on her way up the jungle gym. Never does her confidence waver as she slowly works her way up to the slide. At times she falls, sometimes requiring a hug, kiss, and a bit of comfort. Other times she looks around and hops back to her feet. Always she tries again.

He is a little more hesitant. Always the cautious one he takes his time doing new things during his play. Yet he knows what he wants and he will get it. No one can tell him what to do or when to do it. He loves his sister and he protects her.

She trusts quickly. She forgives easily. She loves to have fun. She is genuinely friendly. She is a great 'mommy' to her 'babies'. She dances in public when people are looking. She sings... LOUD! She smiles often. She is a friend to anyone who comes her way. She loves to learn.

He prays about everything on his mind. He tells me he loves me often. He says please and thank you. He has a great imagination and is always exercising that. He loves to read. He loves his family and watches out for them. He is smart.

There are amazing lessons to be learned from these kids of mine!