Hello Swarm Single Moms!!!
Happy Monday and Happy beginning of the week. If you are anything like me, when I come home from work on Mondays, I am so tired. It takes everything I have to get dinner on the table, help with homework and to engage in any other tasks. I would really like to veg in front of the tv. But that would be the wrong thing to do because minutes are precious when you are a single mom. You are so busy, so often, that time really does fly by. I can not believe (I know that sounds so cliche) that my daughter will be heading off to college next fall.
Keeping that knowledge in the forefront of my brain helps me to slow down and be present when I am fortunate enough to be spending time with her. Too often I feel like I am just a big vocal horn sounding off in the house. "Did you do your homework", "pick up your clothes", "get the towels off the floor", "put the dry dishes away".. I don't know if she will ever really know how special she is to me and that my life would truly be meaningless if she was not in it.
It has been just she and I for her whole life. She has not always been happy about that, but that is how the cards get dealt sometimes and you make the best with what you have. I have always worked with her best intentions in mind. I have made some big, big mistakes that I will carry with me to my grave, but I have never regretted the road I chose. It has been a scary ride sometimes and there have been many times I wish I had been better prepared and more knowledgeable, (other than learning after the fact). But, I love my girl, I am always learning and I hope that she will know and understand that there is no one I love more in this life and no one that can inspire me to be better and to do more. I am thankful that I get to share some time on this earth with her.
*** This post is not what I intended. I was going to give some ways to stay organized so that Mondays are not so draining. I am going to keep this post, though, because I don't write many 'love letters' to my child. How about we all take some time today and write our kids a love letter. Sharon
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