Last night after dinner, my daughter wanted to play a game with me… So here she comes down the stairs with her HI-HO Cherry-O Board Game…
I go to get it set up and she stops me.. “No mommy, I want to play like this”…. And I said “No, we need to play the game right and set it up this way”… After a couple of exchanges of going back and forth… I stopped myself and realized, why do we have to play this one way?
What am I teaching her, if there is only one right way to do something? What is the goal we are trying to achieve here?
All we want to do is play together, connect with each other, and have a good time!
What was she teaching me? Not only is there more than one way to play a game, but it was a good reminder that in life we need to be flexible, accept and be open to change, it can be a good thing, and open ourselves to new and different ideas…
Needless to say we played HI HO Cherry-O three different ways last night… and it was great! She won every single time.. That Lucky Girl!
I understand and agree that there is a time and place for structure. There is a time where breaking the rules just isn’t acceptable. I understand at some point she will need to understand what it means to win graciously and how to lose the same way… I figure with her older brother and her friends, she will have plenty of times to learn those lessons…
But last night, while playing with her Mommy, she was the Champion of HI HO Cherry-O three different ways!
