This post won't be about parenting, children with learning differences, PAC, school and school issues except it will. No matter how much of your life is occupied with those issues, sometimes you need to get out and look around.
At this time of year I love to putter around outside, planting, weeding, tidying up after winter and even sitting down once in a while to enjoy the sun, the green, the birds and the sounds of my girls' voices outside. When I do, I notice how my daughters are energized by the warmth of the day; they are crazily chasing each other on their bicycles, laughing all the while.
Last night my husband and I went out to see a favourite band with best friends. He had fallen through the floor at his job site, cutting his legs up mightily and exacerbating an old elbow injury. It might have been easy to forgo the dressing up, the baby sitter and the tickets for a night out to stay home with an ice pack or two. Fortunately we didn't and we had a wonderful, well-needed night out.
The point is that it's important for me that my life is not all about one thing, all the time. It's easy to go there but we all need a break--- I know I do. As much as I am involved at my daughters' school and focused on their academic and social success, I am also a person who loves to listen to music and be with friends. It turns out that not only is it okay to be that person, it's recommended. Today I feel great; a little tired but great....
At this time of year I love to putter around outside, planting, weeding, tidying up after winter and even sitting down once in a while to enjoy the sun, the green, the birds and the sounds of my girls' voices outside. When I do, I notice how my daughters are energized by the warmth of the day; they are crazily chasing each other on their bicycles, laughing all the while.
Last night my husband and I went out to see a favourite band with best friends. He had fallen through the floor at his job site, cutting his legs up mightily and exacerbating an old elbow injury. It might have been easy to forgo the dressing up, the baby sitter and the tickets for a night out to stay home with an ice pack or two. Fortunately we didn't and we had a wonderful, well-needed night out.
The point is that it's important for me that my life is not all about one thing, all the time. It's easy to go there but we all need a break--- I know I do. As much as I am involved at my daughters' school and focused on their academic and social success, I am also a person who loves to listen to music and be with friends. It turns out that not only is it okay to be that person, it's recommended. Today I feel great; a little tired but great....
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