The day usually begins with a small knee to the gut or small vice grip around my neck with endless kisses and I love you's whispered in my ear. This tiny terror, keeps me grounded, that is for sure. My Ky, he is my little man. From the moment the sun is up so is he, as active as a ticking time bomb that you can not defuse. He is non stop from the word go.
After the wake-up call, my loving husband tries very patiently not to lose his mind with the non stop chattering and bed aerobics. Then, generally very quietly, we will have Kaly peer in and ask if she can come join in. Kaly, the most amazingly kind and tender hearted child I have ever had the privilege to know. She is my middle child, but so wise and observant for her 9 years. She watches out for us all, making sure we say our prayers, steering us on a path that leads to living our best life.
We finally will drag ourselves up and begin with cleaning, breakfast, planning out the day, go to the gym. By then we should see Jenika. Our 13yr old who thinks she is 20 and believes that this whole world was created for her benefit. I never understood what my parents meant when they said she is 13 going on 20 when they said it to me...it never made sense 'til I had a 13yr old myself. Wow! What a challenge! I do not know whether the goal is for her to survive her teenage years or me to survive them. Either way, I must keep telling myself this too shall pass. Jenika is this incrediblly talented child with the most amazing beauty, she is stunning and really has the potential to go far in this world, her only problem at times is her choices in friends....I know what she is doing I used to do the same, she is just like I was, a bum magnet. She attracts all these kids that need saving and she wants to be the one who saves them all. She will figure it out and come into her own and when that day comes, I will run to the top of the highest mountain and yell at the top of my lungs I made it!!!! If she does not make it out of this I may drag her to the top of that same mountain and make her become a hermit!!!
You know I look back at my life and know that my parents were so wise, although I know they were not perfect, there love was endless and I know that now more then ever. I just can pray that someday my children will have that same knowledge of me. Man that will be a great day!
After the wake-up call, my loving husband tries very patiently not to lose his mind with the non stop chattering and bed aerobics. Then, generally very quietly, we will have Kaly peer in and ask if she can come join in. Kaly, the most amazingly kind and tender hearted child I have ever had the privilege to know. She is my middle child, but so wise and observant for her 9 years. She watches out for us all, making sure we say our prayers, steering us on a path that leads to living our best life.
We finally will drag ourselves up and begin with cleaning, breakfast, planning out the day, go to the gym. By then we should see Jenika. Our 13yr old who thinks she is 20 and believes that this whole world was created for her benefit. I never understood what my parents meant when they said she is 13 going on 20 when they said it to me...it never made sense 'til I had a 13yr old myself. Wow! What a challenge! I do not know whether the goal is for her to survive her teenage years or me to survive them. Either way, I must keep telling myself this too shall pass. Jenika is this incrediblly talented child with the most amazing beauty, she is stunning and really has the potential to go far in this world, her only problem at times is her choices in friends....I know what she is doing I used to do the same, she is just like I was, a bum magnet. She attracts all these kids that need saving and she wants to be the one who saves them all. She will figure it out and come into her own and when that day comes, I will run to the top of the highest mountain and yell at the top of my lungs I made it!!!! If she does not make it out of this I may drag her to the top of that same mountain and make her become a hermit!!!
You know I look back at my life and know that my parents were so wise, although I know they were not perfect, there love was endless and I know that now more then ever. I just can pray that someday my children will have that same knowledge of me. Man that will be a great day!
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