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For years, I was a nice, Christian girl.  I didn’t make waves. Gave in rather than cause a fuss. I decided early on the peace was worthy of any cost.  I considered this a virtue. Or at the very least, not a problem.  Good Christian girls don’t make waves. Making other people happy was the right thing to do. I thought I was noble. And then I had children. Two beautiful, amazing, extremely strong-willed, quite vocal, opinionated children. My “noble” people-pleasing tendencies had hit a crossroads. The only way that I could avoid conflict and make my kids “happy” was …