Catching My Breath
It's been so busy lately; I feel like I can't keep up with anything.
Today, we celebrated my youngest son's 8th birthday with a skating party. It turned out to be a blast.
I have to admit I felt guilty about everything nonetheless. The skating rink was way further from where we lived than I had anticipated (let my husband plan the location and well,...). Some kids couldn't skate very well. They ended up fine and got a little better as a result. But I still felt like we should have been somewhere easier.
My son had a great time and told me several times (spontaneously) that he had fun. And I'm glad and it's great. However, I'm glad we will soon be done with parties.
And I feel guilty because my kids get birthday parties every year. Until they are 10. I never did growing up but we've been sucked into this where we live. I wish it could go back to just cake and ice cream and pin the tail on the donkey. I feel guilty about the kids whose parents can't afford to do the party thing.
I feel guilty about a lot of stuff, actually.
posted by Redhead Gal at 10:14 PM
1 Comments:
Great title for this post..sounds like thats just what you need to do, slow down and take a breath.
What I do know about kids is this, it doesnt matter what they do for their birthday, they are just happy to be with family, friends and getting presents..so dont feel guilty :)
I do the same for my kids and it leaves me tapped every year. I do it out of guilt probably too as I know I didnt have the kind of parties I throw for my kids and it seems I try to make up for my life by living through them....
Hope things calm down for you and have a great day :)
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