The last week has been a long ride on the kindergarten roller coaster. The strut in my step at the start of the year has turned into a stagger. God blessed this extreme extrovert with an introverted first born. He must have been the cool sort of introvert in preschool, because other kids befriended him. But now we’ve graduated to kindergarten, an entirely new group of kids, and daily reports of sitting alone on a bench at recess. It breaks my heart and perplexes my brain…..I was a ringleader throughout elementary school, organizing sleepovers and directing the reenactment of the final dance scene in Dirty Dancing at recess. For the life of me, I can’t figure out WHY my beloved child can’t ask another kid to play!
I finally realized I need to stop asking why, and thank God
for this perfectly sweet introverted child.
He is exactly the boy that God created him to be! Psalm 139:14 reminds us to give thanks to God
because we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
God didn’t make a mistake when he made Kenny, or when he made me Kenny’s
mom. (And I have a strong hunch it’s for
my sweet party planning abilities:-).
It also helps to realize the strengths that lie in my son’s
introverted personality type. If his Lego
building abilities are any indicator, he’s going to be an awesome engineer
someday! And if he turns out half as
tenderhearted as his introverted daddy, he’ll make some woman a great
husband. In the meantime, I’ll put my
extroverted personality into overdrive and set up play dates like nobody’s
business. He’ll be hosting slumber parties
and directing Dirty Dancing reenactments in no time.
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