My sweet girl!

So I had quite the day on Friday! The kids have not been eating anything I put in front of them. And I've had it! So I threatened to not make them any more food if they don't eat. I made lunch reminding them of the consequences if they don't eat it and went to take a shower(yes, it was noon when I finally showered!) I came back to check on them and they have not touched there food. So I told them they would not be having any dinner! After much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, the girls and I headed off to the store. They couldn't stop complaining about how hungry they were and how they would die if they didn't get any food and they were too weak to walk from the lack of food....on and on and on! And I held my ground! I explained to them that there are consequences for their actions and it was not my fault they were hungry, that they were the ones making a wrong choice not to listen and obey their Mom, would Heavenly Father be happy that they did not choose the right....on and on and on!

So I'm trying to get my shopping done in the mist of the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, picking out shampoo, and Emma runs to the end of the aisle and plops down. I figure she is mad and pouting at her mean, awful mother. An elderly woman sees her there by herself and asks if she lost. I say no I'm her mother and she is just pouting over there. Emma stands up and says "I'm not pouting! I'm praying!" I said "WHAT?" and the lady walks away from us. I bend down as Emma tells me she was praying to Heaven Father to repent for what she had done so that she could eat dinner tonight! Right in the middle of WalMart, my sweet girl, Emma, is exercising her faith in the atonement. I was speechless. What a lesson she has taught me! Do I take the time to repent when I need to? Do I have the faith of a little child? I love Emma! She has such an overactive conscious. She hates the thought of anyone being upset at her and I guess the thought of Heavenly Father not being happy with her was too much to handle!

Needless to say, they had dinner that night. And we talked about what it meant to repent and how important it was to listen and obey Mom and Dad. And they ate their entire meal, all gone!