Nancy Machaj

When my kids want something that we dont have, sometimes I respond with " yeah! That would be fun" or " yeah I wish we could" but brightly and kindly. Sometimes we play a game building wild fantasies about what I would grow on trees if I could, like wii games and chocolate bars. It's fun and silly and they totally get into it. I ask them what they would grow on trees and we can imagine are the trees just for us or are they trees for everone, etc. It's a playful way to ease out of a sad or whiny conversation about what we don't have or cant get right now.

Nancy in Chicago, currently housebound with a busted leg so dealing with quite alot of "can'ts" this summer
Zibby 7
Henry 3
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On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:18 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> feel I want to be sympathetic. I want to rock them and say 'I'm sorry we can't buy that for you'. But that this will just make them sad. I also know I need to be more positive. And that the children won't feel any loss if I can still create abundance, albeit in a different way.