My inspiration for this record of my days:

“The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” -Anna Quindlen

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The problem is…

The other day I read, on someone else’s blog, about how important it is to teach our kids to work hard.  I whole-heartedly agree with the post, and my kids insist that they have more chores than any of their friends! (Insert whine and eye-roll here.)

The complaining doesn’t deter me one bit.  The hardest thing for me is living with the “finished chore” during these many years of learning curve.

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This, for example, is a “clean” casserole dish that I took out of the cupboard.  CHUNKS of food all over it!  Unfortunately, not an uncommon sight at my house.

I need some reassurance.  They will learn, right?  If I keep at it, and catch as many of these sloppy jobs as I can, they will get better?

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1 comment:

  1. GinnyFebruary 26, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Unfortunately not until they care. Oops, I guess that's not very encouraging.

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