School and a Mixed Bag of Emotions
"You can’t imagine your life with kids, until you have them, then you can’t imagine your life without them." ~Author Unknown It's been a week since two of our three sons flew to Manila to attend their classes. Even with the (remaining) 9 year old son at home, doing his usual stuff alternately watching tv, tinkering with his Legos, cutting/ folding/ creating things with paper and playing with the iPad, and making a ruckus all by his lonesome, the house is, weirdly, quiet. I often find myself introspecting... about the nest almost empty now and other similar thoughts. And I struggle to stop myself from wallowing in a mixed bag of emotions. It's not a bad thing, except, I could waste hours doing that. I thought I was totally in control and could dismiss the situation as another milestone, like seeing your child lose his first baby tooth. Nothing a warm hug or an ice cream could not fix. On the contrary, that hug at this time just exacerbates the yearning. It ...
Hay. This is a lesson I learned the hard way just recently. I realized it's so easy to take advantage of me because I'm always there. Pero if it's my turn to ask for a favor for them, wala na agad. Long-time friend yan ha. What they don't realize is being a friend is a verb, not an adjective. :-(
ReplyDeleteThis is food for thought and although I haven't really experienced this, I know someone who wants to ask us to go out with them if it's convenient for them, or if they had a canceled appointment somewhere.
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