Tattered Posted August 3, 2003 Report Posted August 3, 2003 Mommy, Mommy! Mommy, um, mommy will you play with me? Mommy will you color with me read to me and watch a video with me? Mommy I am starving. Mommy can I have some more? Mommy, Mommy can I have some more? Mommy here's your crayon. Mommy sit with me, mommy cook for me. Mommy I am thirsty, NO I want THAT cup. No actually I want the other cup. Actually I want water, actually I want chocolate milk. Mommy, Um, can I watch a movie? Mommy can I watch a video? Mommy, mommy mommy mommy? Can you watch it with me? Mommy will you choose one for me Mommy can I have a blanket, no the other one! The OTHER ONE IS MY FAVORITE! Mommy can I have my pillow, the Buterfly pillow? Mommy I want it louder mommy can you fix my blanket Mommy, Mommy, Mommy. Mommy can you rewind it, I missed that part? Mommy, um mommy, *Y A W N* Mommy I am tired. Mom......mmy.......zzzzzzzzzzz. This is my everyday, every second. If you think I am exaggerating, just have a kid! Or walk a day in my shoes. Thank God for sleep.
Peredhil Posted August 3, 2003 Report Posted August 3, 2003 Laughs 'till he cries with tears of familiarity Oh yes! If I had had the energy of any of my three kids. People forget how much sheer energy learning and developing takes. Well, anyone who is a 'hands-on' parent knows, but still. I'm amazed you haven't take the 20th Century Solution of drugging your child into obedience and insensibility. Seriously though, I've shared your exhaustion, and it IS worth it in the long run. I look at my 18 year old and couldn't be prouder. Hugs -P
Ayshela Posted August 4, 2003 Report Posted August 4, 2003 laughs hysterically gods yes!!! it's never ending, isn't it??
Salinye Posted August 4, 2003 Report Posted August 4, 2003 Wait, isn't that a page from MY life? ~Salinye
Tattered Posted August 7, 2003 Author Report Posted August 7, 2003 Wow! Ha! Thanks you all for your sweet notes. Really, it is nice to know that I am not alone in this thing called growing up. Sometimes though, I really need to be reminded, that patience, it does pay off in the end. To hear my daughter say "Look I got an A on this test" To see my daughter laugh with her best friend To give her that quality time and long awkward talks about BOYS To give her a shoulder to cry on To give her a safe, secure place to grow To send her off to college And finally watch her begin a new begining with "I Do"...
WrenWind Posted August 7, 2003 Report Posted August 7, 2003 *chuckles * been there now it is Mom i need to get here for this time and then i have this here at that time and are you sure that dad will pick me and all my friends up? things change but stay the same . Worth every frustration though to watch them become (in my case) little men
Ayshela Posted August 7, 2003 Report Posted August 7, 2003 Little men (though he's not so little, at six feet tall) little women (though not little enough to not catch someone's eye) somehow the "mom i need"s never quite end, though i think my favorite is the "mom i need a hug" they're definitely worth every frustrating moment, and now that they've grown up enough to carry on reasonable conversations about important topics the challenges and rewards come faster. i wouldn't do it again in the same circumstances for anything, but i wouldn't undo it for anything either. Definintely a full page from a parent's day, Tattered. Nice.
Dragolin Posted August 9, 2003 Report Posted August 9, 2003 (edited) I started reading this post as another poem, not sure if it was intended that way ... but I liked what I was reading, until you stopped using "mommy" as first word anyway, if it is a poem, then you started off really good, seriously, I started reading it like wauw, it sounded really good and fluently, but then you started the part with the 'cup' and personally it killed my enthousiasm ... oh well don't mind me of course Edited August 9, 2003 by Dragolin
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