A certain friend has always impressed me with her softspoken ways. Even when disciplining her children, her voice is always calm and never loud. I asked her about it one time. She said, very simply:
"My mom yelled all the time when we were little. I promised myself that when I grew up I would never yell at my husband or kids."
I've truly never heard her raise her voice, and I think of her whenever I raise mine. It helps me control myself when I remember that I don't want my kids to grow up and say they hope to be nothing like me.
Gonna Need Grace
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