Gigi’s Mottos

Since around Thanksgiving (the Mumbai attacks), Gigi had been in a bit of a funk–more needy than normal, lots of unexplainable stomach aches, not the usual confident Gigi. Even the teacher noticed. We would talk to her often, but not much was working, until…we started with The Motto. For about a month now, Gigi has had a motto for each week, and true to its function, The Motto has been working.  Within the middle of the first week, I asked her how The Motto was going.  She was like, “So good! I was scared to play soccer, but then I thought to myself, ‘I can do it, and I did it!'”  See, the power of The Motto. 

Here’s a running list of The Motto’s.

• Week 1: I can do it!
• Week 2: I can try by myself.
• Week 3: It’s ok to make mistakes.
• Week 4: It’s ok to be little.
• She already knows next week’s: It’s ok to be last.

*Side note:  One of the weeks, I think it was the second, I had gone through like twenty outfits trying to decide what to wear.  I looked at myself in the mirror and said, “Gigi, I think I need a motto too; my motto is, ‘I love myself.'”  Later, in the car, Gigi was like, “Mommy you love yourself, and me, and Vincent, and Papa too.”  She didn’t want me to leave out any LOVE!  Cute Gigi!!