What really matters about where I am right now, is that I am firmly reinforcing in my own experience that what matters to me isn’t the lack of amble supplies of money, but the cost of not being the best you you can be with your children. We are changing out goals of how we spend our time. We are not allowing excuses …of which we have many….for why we cannot do this or that. More fishing trips, more picnics, more game nights with Monopoly, more special dinners prepared….things that mean something to our children, who have embraced us more as we give up more parental control and instead lean into parental time with them.
It turns out a teenager of ours will do just about anything to spend time with us if we’re engaging in fun with him. Fun is also redesigned to mean, time spent together, whether or not a task is involved. We’ve had fun cleaning the kitchen lately….is that even possible? Yes! We still set the boundaries in our home, we still hold the gate key to time out of our home…..as in, you mess up, we keep you home. However, the need for such keys and tighter boundaries have really slowed down the last 6 months.
Being the best you with your children……the time with them is soooo short. You wake up and they are 1 then 11 then 21. We know this from our oldest. This parenthood period of life IS short, take time to enjoy them and know them while they are in your home…..and don’t let budgets get in the way of a life!
