A few months ago there was a blog post floating around from a mother who was mocking the fact that people suggest that she should carpe diem as a parent. I get where she was coming from, but I don't really agree with her. I am a person who tries to savor every moment- even the bad/trying/tiring/terrifying. I figure they are brief moments in his life and they make so many other things in life that we used to stress about seem so unimportant.
Case in point- last Tuesday was a pretty hectic morning. Not really sure why, but leaving the house on time seemed to be impossible. I wasn't helped by the fact that I realized while I was rushing around to leave, I remembered that our water and electric bill was due that day. I had to make a detour to drop the payment off so we wouldn't get the bright pink reminder letter. Not the day to need to make an extra stop! My commute is long enough that I always have idle time to think while I drive and again I came back to the fact that even the craziest morning or most stressful moment doesn't matter or stress me like I did before having our son. I'd like the challenge the carpe diem mother and suggest that she adopt the phrase "this too shall pass". Life with kids is like that and at some point, maybe sooner than later, she will realize that she missed out.
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