Yesterday my first-born child turned twenty-seven. Twenty-seven (!) can you believe it? This means that I have now been a mother for over half of my life. OMG.
I wish I had great pearls of wisdom to pass on to all those about to embark upon parenthood. I wish I could say what a brilliant mother I must have been, because look how well they turned out. That is a fluke because my style of parenting leans more towards the 'Survival Of The Fittest' theory.
My kids went to a playgroup where they played - neither could read or write when they started school, but they knew how tadpoles became frogs because we caught frog spawn and watched them develop.
Once they started school I was hopeless at enforcing a good homework regime; I believed it was far more important for them to be outside playing with their chums than sitting indoors studying or playing computer games (actually it was just easier - and they got tired out so they slept well), "Why insist on them studying more?" I asked - that's what the classrooms are for.
Teens were difficult, but no better or worse than any other family (I'm guessing) as they flexed their imaginery muscles, seeing how far they could push ever-changing boundaries. It seemed as if I was always fending off telephone calls from school teachers threatening to fail them if they didn't have projects in on time. "We work better under pressure" they claimed when I challenged their inability to manage their time better.
They both went to university and they both graduated but that was entirely their own doing. They both cause me less pain now than they did 10 years ago but that doesn't mean that it is always plain sailing.
Anyway heres to Birthday Boy (a day late) - may the next 27 years be as wonderful as the first !?!
Which reminds me, how did he go from being so small to this?
And how did I go from being the tallest ...
... to the smallest?
5 comments:
Didn't like the first comment.
Nice post. Funny how they grow, eh?
Don't y'all use the metric system? I noticed on your header a sign...'Humps for 547 (yds)'
'yds' is yards?
(remember, I'm a dumb yank) ;)
Good luck and God bless u guys...u shud have put a pic of ur grown up daughter too
oh the vagaries of fate.
What a lovely post. I really enjoyed reading it a looking at all the photos. Happy birthday to your first born child :) I hadn't realised till today that you'd used the photo - the humps for 547 yards is a bit unfortunate :D And to step in and answer Mike, in the UK we can still use Mile, Yard, Foot and inch for distance and speed and pint for beer and milk although everything else is sadly metric!
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