Has anyone ever said something to you that just kept echoing
in your head? Something simple, and honest, but it just keeps replaying over
and over in your head?
Last night Kaylee my nine year old daughter, who has been by
my side as through a lifestyle transformation that started when she was turning
four said something that I shrugged off with a laugh and quickly dismissed…or
did I?
Her words were very simple, very straight forward, almost a
dare from a kids point of view…but it spoke volumes to me her dad. What was this double dog dare?
As she looked at two cakes my wife had baked for the kids at
church she simply said, “I’d love to see
you eat a WHOLE cupcake!”
She didn’t question me about not eating sweets, or junk
food. She knows I love cupcakes,
and she’s seen me take my fair share of nibbles (usually hijacked from her plate). She specifically said a WHOLE
CUPCAKE…can you say portion control?
I love that I have what I’d now consider a healthy
relationship with food…one that I hope and pray I can pass onto my children!
I hope they learn from me that when you practice self
control and discipline at the dinner table, that the sweets you have as a treat
are that much sweeter!
So here is my dare to you...join me with NO JUNK FOOD JUNE! Your July will thank you...ok, ok, I double dog dare ya!
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