Tag: stress

The Motivations of Thankless Parenting

Fireworks don’t go off for great parental achievements. There are no major awards to be handed out.

I may have helped, but his successes were about him doing it, not me teaching him.

It’s why my stomach gets knots. It’s why I come running.

Getting hurt is easy, not letting it change who you are isn’t.

In that hospital bed, the question of whether I would do anything for my kids was real.

The best I can do is come storming back down the hallway mumbling about, “Freakin’ socks and this house.”

There are some days when I am in awe of his nerve.

It’s everyone’s chance to remember, even if you don’t want to.

I don’t want to live my life angry and, just because I have kids, it doesn’t mean I have to.

I’m ready for anything. I’m not excited about it. I’m not looking to have long talks about it. But I am prepared for it.