The Kids
Wow, It's been a while since I wrote. I had planned on being much better at this! Oh well, onward and upward.....
I have two wonderful boys, 15 & 12. After a particularly good conversation with the 15 year old, (which doesn't happen as often as I'd like, after all I'm the Mom) I realized that I'm now one of THEM. I'd promised myself that I'd never be one of THEM, when I had kids! Wow!! Responsibility turns a person into the; "They just don't understand!" "I don't think they were ever our age!" "What an old fogey!" "You don't get our music!" etc. etc. etc.
Oh I hate being the grown-up sometimes! However, I've found that I love being a Mom to my boys and all of the good, bad and ugly stuff that accompanies being a parent. The most important lesson I've learned so far, is that one has to be an active listener. I never truly understood what that meant until I had kids.
The look in their eyes when they see you're really interested in what they're saying! It's so rewarding. My kids continually teach me lessons. Strange, but true!
I have two wonderful boys, 15 & 12. After a particularly good conversation with the 15 year old, (which doesn't happen as often as I'd like, after all I'm the Mom) I realized that I'm now one of THEM. I'd promised myself that I'd never be one of THEM, when I had kids! Wow!! Responsibility turns a person into the; "They just don't understand!" "I don't think they were ever our age!" "What an old fogey!" "You don't get our music!" etc. etc. etc.
Oh I hate being the grown-up sometimes! However, I've found that I love being a Mom to my boys and all of the good, bad and ugly stuff that accompanies being a parent. The most important lesson I've learned so far, is that one has to be an active listener. I never truly understood what that meant until I had kids.
The look in their eyes when they see you're really interested in what they're saying! It's so rewarding. My kids continually teach me lessons. Strange, but true!
posted by Ellie at 2:16 PM
