{"id":655,"date":"2023-03-10T21:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/?p=655"},"modified":"2023-03-10T21:36:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:36:48","slug":"april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My nine year old granddaughter and I have built a few cardboard projects over the past 3 years or so.\u00a0 We built a house, an aquarium, shopping mall, and a circus and now we are building a resort.\u00a0 We would meet up a couple of times a week to work on the project but since the beginning of the pandemic we have been unable to get together.\u00a0 So now that we are able to meet up again, we started the resort.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, there was a bit of tension when building the Tiki bar, a tug of war of sorts with whatever tool we were using at the time.\u00a0 I withdrew but was puzzled by her actions as she never did this before.\u00a0 But the session continued and we completed the Tiki bar according to her design and it turned out great.<\/p>\n

During my walk to the bus afterwards, I wasn\u2019t exactly thinking of this incident and the thought, \u2018it takes two to tango\u2019 came to mind, one might say out of the blue.\u00a0 It occurred to me that I was holding on to the tool just as much as she. What was I unwilling to give up?<\/p>\n

A child changes a lot in a year\u2019s time, changes unseen on Facetime, Zoom or texting.\u00a0 In building the pre-Covid projects \u201cM\u201d looked to me for ideas and guidance.\u00a0 Now, it seems she is wiser by a year, more confident and has taken charge.\u00a0 Change appears much more sudden after time is held in abeyance and I believe this is what confounded me.<\/p>\n

The positive moment was arriving at the realization that \u201cM\u201d is growing up, and while my role has changed, she still wants me to work with her on projects.\u00a0 Just this thought makes me feel wanted<\/em> and really happy<\/em>.\u00a0 I got here by listening<\/strong> to and determining it useful<\/strong> that that it takes two to tango.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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