Dancing Rain: The Power of Your Words As A Parent
"Most parents have no idea of the power their words have in the lives of their children. I learned that lesson in my early years as a parent." Dancing Rain Renée and I were taking a road trip from Atlanta to Chicago. I was driving, and our three-year-old daughter was in the back seat behind me. The forecast was for rain, and unfortunately, it was very accurate. As the rain fell harder, I turned the windshield wipers up higher and higher. Trying to break the monotony, I took notice of the wiper blades washing the rain off my front window. It was nicely cascading down the window on my door. It looked like it was dancing down my window. I called back to my three-year-old and said, “Look, Dionne, I have dancing rain.” I smiled and chuckled and turned my attention back to driving in the rain. About five minutes passed and Renée (in the passenger seat up front) noticed she had not heard any stirring from our daughter in the back. She turned and noticed Dionne silently crying. ...