Relax
June 9, 2006
They may be our kids forever, but they won’t be kids forever. Enjoy what you’ve got when you’ve got it.
It took us three and a half hours to get our nine year old to bed; there was a lot of shouting “go to bed,” there was a lot of crying and whining, there was the not-quite-silent creeping down the stairs because she was “lonely” followed by more shouts of “go to bed.”
But in the middle of all of this, it should have come to me; she’s just a nine year old kid, who wants some more time with her folks. Haven’t we all been there? Ten minutes of cuddling would have gotten her to bed a lot sooner, and would have gotten me to calm down too. There’s something magical about holding onto your kid. Any age, from the baby sleeping on your belly as you lay on the couch and watch television (or doze, yourself), to the nine year old who wants to crawl into your bed in the middle of the night. How much longer will we have them?
So relax, and enjoy your kids while you have them.
- Posted in : Advice
- Author :russ
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