  These past weeks we've been wrestling with which school Aidan should go to, and knowing all along that Ellie begins her part-time program soon. The process has been great for us, it's forced us to articulate our specific hopes and desires that otherwise translate into our parenting philosophies. And everyone has a parenting philosophy, even if it's just to let pop culture at large blow their sail through the sea.
I'm grateful that this week we're a little more mindful of ours. Here's blogger Julie Leung becoming more mindful of her philosophies in both parenthood and adulthood: urlLink Julie Leung: Seedlings & Sprouts: Finding the right fit : "I pointed out to the store clerk that certain styles didn't fit me well. 'It's the way my feet were made, ' I sighed, looking at a cute pair I wished I could slip on easily.
'It's the way God made you,' Michaela bubbled. From the mouths of babes. Later that night, I told Ted what she had said at the store. Talking about events of the day lead into a conversation of our life as a family. Searching for shoes, I realized, was an illustration. I wish I could wear every pair. We want to live in a one-size fits all world. People like to look and be the same.
But God hasn't created us for conformity. We are all different. My feet are can only wear a certain size and style of shoe. Of the many I tried, one pair in the store fit well enough to take home. Raising our children is a process of finding the shoe that fits their feet. Or rather it's a process of seeing the size and shape of their feet as they grow, and helping them discover what works for each one of them.
Trying on pairs and finding the right fit. There is something special that will fit each girl. Together Ted and I hope we can discover the Angel in the Marble so to speak for each daughter, to release in her the person God has made her to be, whoever that is, whether or not it fits into many styles, types or stereotypes..." 
