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As parents, the sport of bringing up kiddos is a lifelong journey. We won’t know whether our intense training and performance efforts are podium worthy until crossing the finish line. As in, the finish line. While the Olympics are every four years, Parentlympics start with the cutting of the umbilical…
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You know those moments as mothers when we smash our palms against our face and drag our fingers down towards our chin, pressing as hard as we can, while stretching our bottom eyelids far enough to reveal the crimson fleshy stuff? The face distorting is accompanied by a grunting sound beginning…
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Dear Amazing Mom, Beautiful Sis, Faithful Friend, Devoted Wife to My Brother & Loving Aunt to My Kiddos, Can I be you when I grow up? Sure, I’ve got you by eleven years and your current four children are age 7 and under, while my three are 18 and over….
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great read about the new 'not' normal for our kids...
Playdates on Fridays by Whitney FlemingHey kids, it's going to be harder this time.
The ups and downs, the unknowns, the cancellations. The worry, the fear, the sadness of things you most certainly will miss.
It's going to be harder this time, when it gets darker earlier and the weather turns colder and we don't get to do the things we love.
It's going to be harder when you are asked to stay home and not see your friends or homecoming gets cancelled or there's no sports or activities.
It's going to be harder to stay positive, to stay focused, to keep your eyes on the horizon instead of getting stuck in the disappointment of now.
I don't have the answers. I don't know when this will end. I don't know if this is our new normal or a blip on the radar.
But we will get through this.
There are no right answers.
There are no good options.
There are only impossible choices with outrageous expectations put on all of us.
Please remember everyone is just doing their best.
I can't ask you to be happy. I can't ask you to enjoy it. I can't expect you to be positive or upbeat.
I can only ask that you remember that you are a small piece of something much bigger than yourselves. I hope you always think about what you can offer the world, instead of what you can take from it. And I hope you know that doing the right thing is often harder, and you understand how your actions impact others.
It's going to be harder this time around, and we have to dig deep.
But always remember, kids, I'll be with you every step of the way.
