Saturday, August 30, 2008
A Fathers Love
This is just an example of how a fathers love can be unwavering... a girl I know has been having trouble lately. She's young (22) and has been living in the area since she came here for school. Her family lives in a nearby state but she hasn't seen them that often recently. She, by her own admission, has made some poor decisions and it has taken a toll on her physically, mentally and financially. She made a single call home and her father was here within a few hours to help move her home. This was a wise decision on her part. But what I thought was great was that her father dropped everything to be there for her. He was compassionate but not patronizing. I hope she uses this short stay at home to recharge and sort things out, but I also hope she realizes that she has a terrific dad, if she had any doubt.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A day of Firsts!!!
Today is a day of many firsts...
First time blogger...long time reader. I figured I would join the land of blogging to share, vent and connect with other moms. Like so many, we surround ourselves with knowledge, gossip even folklore on parenting and still fly by the seat of our pants (or whatever that expression is).
First day of my eldest son's kindergarten. My husband and I walked our son to his first day of "big" school. Complete with camera in hand, we took many pictures of the walk and even video taped my son saying he was most excited about the lunch line (OK...) We managed to even make through without our youngest ( a freshly turned 2 year old girl) causing a too big a tantrum. We met the teacher, said our goodbyes, gave kisses and hugs and left....but not before the teacher handed me a ziplock bag. We walked back to our car proudly as we made it without tears. Once inside I opened the Ziplock bag and read the note inside. It was instructions on how to use the items inside....A teabag to settle our nerves, Tissues to wipes our eyes, Cotton balls to remember the softness of our childrens spirit and a lima bean to represent our child ready to grow and sprout....and thats when I cried. Damn you Lima Bean!!! Oh well, at least I made it out of the building. Anyway, at pick-up I learned the first rule of car pool... Get there Early! (Oh yeah and bring a book!)
Well, I am looking forward to the road ahead..... both of blogging and of PTA meetings and volunteering and everything else associated with public school. Hopefully we will all share and laugh along the way!!!
First time blogger...long time reader. I figured I would join the land of blogging to share, vent and connect with other moms. Like so many, we surround ourselves with knowledge, gossip even folklore on parenting and still fly by the seat of our pants (or whatever that expression is).
First day of my eldest son's kindergarten. My husband and I walked our son to his first day of "big" school. Complete with camera in hand, we took many pictures of the walk and even video taped my son saying he was most excited about the lunch line (OK...) We managed to even make through without our youngest ( a freshly turned 2 year old girl) causing a too big a tantrum. We met the teacher, said our goodbyes, gave kisses and hugs and left....but not before the teacher handed me a ziplock bag. We walked back to our car proudly as we made it without tears. Once inside I opened the Ziplock bag and read the note inside. It was instructions on how to use the items inside....A teabag to settle our nerves, Tissues to wipes our eyes, Cotton balls to remember the softness of our childrens spirit and a lima bean to represent our child ready to grow and sprout....and thats when I cried. Damn you Lima Bean!!! Oh well, at least I made it out of the building. Anyway, at pick-up I learned the first rule of car pool... Get there Early! (Oh yeah and bring a book!)
Well, I am looking forward to the road ahead..... both of blogging and of PTA meetings and volunteering and everything else associated with public school. Hopefully we will all share and laugh along the way!!!
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