tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post1370574519618710346..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: Fifteen MinutesMotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-25380039150249606542013-08-07T13:21:39.917-04:002013-08-07T13:21:39.917-04:00I remember feeling unaccountably sad at your summe...I remember feeling unaccountably sad at your summer post - because the summers you described seemed so awesome, and I didn't have summers like that at all, ever. I hoped you'd simply take a day off and go to the shore ON YOUR OWN, and just sunbathe - just... relax. It sounds like you still need to! For you, whether anyone wants to go with or not. For one day, I'd suspect your kids could figure out their own rides.<br /><br />I think it's important for parents to figure out what they cherish about their own lives. Acknowledging all of these ambivalent feelings as they come up surely is practice for working through the inevitability of one day the kids being totally able to do for themselves, and you being on your own, in terms of your time.<br /><br />Meanwhile, work... continues... hang in there.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com