When you’re a child in a large family it’s often a challenge
to get parental one on one… Whoever made up the expression “your love does not
get divided (with more children)… it only multiplies” meant well, sure… But while
the love for my kids is boundless, there is a very finite number of hours in
the day, and usually there is somebody in there who doesn’t get everything they
want… At least that is the way it seems to me. I feel guilty about 95% of the
time. Very rarely do I have A+ parenting days -- those days where I feel like I’m
just nailing it. Usually, I feel I’m in the C+ range -- doing great in some
areas, but others… not so much. I suppose that’s how it goes. One of my
favorite yoga teachers often says, “it’s okay to be a C. you don’t always have
to be an A.” I hope that’s right.
But today, Quinny and I got some rare time alone. She has
been dropping hints all week about wanting a “special day.” The school week was
bananas, as it always is, but today we got a chance to run over to Starbucks
just the two of us. She told me about the book she just finished, about what
she wants to read next… she shared how
she wants some cargo pants because she thinks they would be her style… and we
talked about her report card. It feels so great to be able to focus on her completely
one on one like that… It was all the way an A+ day with my Quinny girl – which makes
me one happy mama.
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