NOT just another pretty face

I have been feeling discouraged lately.
Well, in all seriousness, I feel like a down-right failure!

I know, I really do that I should not compare one child to another, but I cannot help it.
As a mom, I fear I am not doing everything I can to help my beautiful girl succeed.
As a teacher, I fear the information I have been throwing at her just. won't. stick.

I am at a complete and utter loss. I know she is smart, she's brilliant, she's beautiful and she's perfectly capable at learning all the things all the other children are learning. I know we will get there. I am struggling with searching for different approaches to break-through, to see that AH HA moment in her eyes.

I have had those fleeting moments in desperation when I look at her, not identifying a letter after we have gone over and over and over it for an hour, and I think 'things could be worse, at least she's pretty'. And that's the thing, I am getting caught up in the expectations of the typical world, and teaching through typical approaches and losing sight of what's really important, she is learning, just not displaying that knowledge yet, she is smart, and she has gifts and talents in so many areas, so what if her letters take a little longer... she's happy, shes healthy and shes all  mine!

As a mom, we always look at our children and know in our hearts that they are perfect, the smartest, the funniest, the prettiest... and they are.