I sat in the hospice waiting room while YaYa finished up his homework. I had already cooked and eaten dinner. The dishes were cleared and put in the dishwasher already. It was only 6:30 pm.
The original plan was for me to do the weekly grocery store shopping while BoBo was in his grief support group, but YaYa was operating at the different pace than me. We sat in the waiting room for the entire hour and a half – YaYa doing his homework as I tried to pick up Harry Potter again. And every time I started to really get into the story, YaYa would hit a moment of confusion. So, I put down the book and helped YaYa get back on track.
As I sat there, I thought about my recent evenings. I’m busy, but there isn’t a whole lot happening. One can look at it a couple of ways. Either I am a loser with nothing to do and no where to go, or I am one lucky lady to be able to spend uninterrupted time with my children. Personally, I like the latter.
Ha, ha, ha… You hardly qualify as a “loser”. Things just aren’t measured that way…
What you are is a Mom. That’s what Mom’s do – a lot of life, a lot of busy, and a lot of it doesn’t show till years later. And yes, I’d say that you are a lucky lady, Mom!
Oh gosh. I feel the same way. Every day. What did I do today? Where did all the time go? I didn’t get to the grocery store, or the laundry done.
Honestly, it’s just the life of the single, working mom. I’ve been thinking of you a lot lately. Hoping you are doing okay.
I would go with the latter, the time with your children is worth more than gold.
I would go with lucky! Treasure every second…I’m sure there will be a day when our kids want nothing to do with us! :-)
Lucky for sure!
Lucky…no doubt about it.
Definitely the latter. Time is a gift.