“Enjoy your children as much as you can, they will grow in front of you without you noticing” This is a sentence I hear at least once or twice a week from all kinds of people, who see me with my kids.
I know this fact first hand; my youngest brother is 12 years younger than me. Now that he is engaged I’m thinking, what happened? How did he grow up? I don’t remember getting ‘older’ !!
It is true our kids are growing in front of us, and sometimes we miss to stop, take a step back and look at them growing. Sometimes, We are I am too busy disciplining, and telling them what to do or not to do, that forget to remind myself that these are my precious kids that will grow out of this house sooner than I like, and I should be enjoying them more.
Lately I’ve been very concerned with my son, I happened to see him being teased or bullied , not quite sure which one was, in the playground by his school mates. It turned out that he was being teased by a group of kids who he wanted to be friend with badly in school. I have no idea for how long it was going on and the teachers refused to acknowledge even the possibility of it.
I was consumed by this and still am, I’m seeing a counsellor to see how I can give him his self-esteem back, make him calm and happy again, and empower him for when he starts kindergarten in September. The only think I could do at the end of school year was not to send him to school for the remaining for the school, which is only three weeks.
Why I’m writing this is that while I was consumed with this and turned to my best friend (web) for information I stumbled upon ” The Gift of An Ordinary Day” by Katrina Kenison. Check it out here. It gave me a sense of calmness, to cherish everyday with my children, even if that day is a day that I see them in hardship. Now I’m glad I was there and I saw that, I’m glad that I decided to put my foot down and advocate for him, although I still tell myself I should have detected it sooner.
Until later,
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thank you for sharing…best wishes for you and your children