Affirmations

I’ll tell my son “You’re such a cutie!” or “Come here, you little monster!” He replies to me the same way in either case: “I’m not a cutie, I’m Daniel!” or “I’m not a monster, I’m Daniel!” He’s done this since he could form simple sentences. He has a strong sense of self. The things that make me label him are only parts of the whole. Any time he asserts that to me, I am always amazed. He knows himself better at 3 than I know myself at 25. I remember having that great self-knowledge and awareness of my dreams, strengths and challenges. I have even re-gained it at times in fleeting bits. My biggest fear is that my child will lose all those things that make him “Daniel” and will be lost in a sea of ambivalence. He is a creative, affectionate, and strong-willed child with a great capacity for doing something wonderful with his life.