Beth
09-13-2009, 06:58 PM
We had a gorgeous fall day here with bright blue sky, crisp air, and brilliant sunshine. I was not much appreciative, tho, having a not-so-great morning. One of the gifts of raising kids is that they can be very helpful in taking your mind off yourself. Their needs are great and they’re not supposed to be too good at remembering you have needs, too. You’re just Mom, and unless you are doing really weird stuff, or unless I need you Right This Minute, well, you’re sorta wallpaper, more or less. Hopefully, you live long enough, and they live long enough… to see around the other side of that.
So it was that Michaela is Star of the Week this week at school. The two of us were mixing up a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies this afternoon. We took turns stirring. That’s the hard part, the stirring. First her turn ‘til she got tired, then my turn ‘til I got tired. Back and forth, just watching and mixing. And from nowhere, she says to me, “Mom, you know, life is kinda fun. You get be alive and not dead, and that’s the fun part.”
It’s a really humbling thing, this parenting.
So it was that Michaela is Star of the Week this week at school. The two of us were mixing up a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies this afternoon. We took turns stirring. That’s the hard part, the stirring. First her turn ‘til she got tired, then my turn ‘til I got tired. Back and forth, just watching and mixing. And from nowhere, she says to me, “Mom, you know, life is kinda fun. You get be alive and not dead, and that’s the fun part.”
It’s a really humbling thing, this parenting.