Lettuce and the Lord

It's been a couple of weeks since I have posted, and actually do have pictures to post, but I will post them at a different date. I just wanted to share a moment of my day.
I came home from work and picked Molly up from my parents - well actually we didn't go anywhere, not that we have far to go (we live next door). Anyways, I am straying... my Mom was coming home late and so my Dad decided to barbeque chicken and I was going to make a big old salad. Now this is usually quite a task when there is no one else to keep Molly's attention, BUT I decided that maybe it would be fun if I let her help. Now she will be 20 months at the end of March, and it is still kind of hard to keep her little mind at one task, but she wants so badly to be part of things and to feel that she is doing something important so I tried. And she actually did really well! She helped me gather all of our food and supplies (which was funny by the way because she told me everything was "heavy!!"). Then we had to wash the lettuce. So I grabbed the chair and set it up next to me and handed her the lettuce to wash. I wish I had the camera, because she was so intense! She took this job so seriously and made sure that every little peice of the lettuce was washed under the water. She didn't splash in the water - which would usually be the first thing that she would do or run her sleeves under the water or throw the lettuce.
She took her lettuce washing very seriously. Then I cut the veggies up and let her put them all in the bowl, with taste tests of course.
I know that this may seem silly, but I enjoyed every last second of preparing that salad with her. We even washed more lettuce then we really needed because she was engrossed with this! I'm not saying that I don't enjoy being with my daughter, because I earnestly try to savor every minute that I have with her, especially working full time. But honestly, lately this has been quite the challenge. She has such a strong will and is truly a passionate little girl, that I can lack patience with her. Molly would love to do everything the way she would like, but also needs to have you right there. I find sometimes I have to "let it go" and allow her to try and learn things on her own, and show her how to help and be part of the family - even if it is just letting her wash the lettuce. Again, I know I may sound silly or on a tangent, but I am so proud of my daughter today to be able to focus and help and listen.
I think also the Lord has shown me a glimpse of a better way to guide her (I know, over lettuce!). I have been praying that He would continually guide and direct Joe and I to train Molly in a way that would be pleasing to Him. I, if you don't know, do not have as much patience as the next, and it is something that I continually have to work on and remind myself (at home, at work, spiritually), and as silly as this seems, the lettuce showed me that it was OK to take longer to make the salad and make a mess and enjoy teaching my daughter, my sweet precious daughter, how to wash lettuce.
Now if this seems trivial or too simple for some of you, I apologize, but I thought that I would share and I am just overjoyed that the Lord used lettuce today!!