Laura Shoemaker

MirrorXAs a little girl, I would often look in the mirror after getting in trouble and tell myself, “Bad La Me!” (“Bad Laura Marie!”). I remember angrily pointing and shaking my finger at the reflection staring back at me while I voiced my disappointment to the little girl in the mirror. I obviously took my discipline very seriously, but in reality, I hated disappointing those I wanted to please, and I fussed at myself when I did. It is funny to think back on this childhood memory, but at the time, my disappointing correction was more serious than I realized: I unknowingly exchanged the truth of healthy discipline for a lie of condemnation.

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