Betty Crocker
Our son is home for his birthday for the first time in what seems like forever. We took him out to lunch at one of our favorite places in Greenwood, Arkansas now, The Dari, using one of my Christmas presents from Lynn, my massage therapist, a gift card. We enjoyed good food and good conversation – a quiet celebration of a happy family.
I am in awe of the man our son is. He is seriously into meditation and it is really helping him calm his mind and rethink how he is reacting to the world around him. I don’t know where he got it, but he is so kind and generous! When I’m teed off with someone, he remarks that it’s sad that person is suffering and scared. He makes ME rethink. I learn so much from him.
We’re using every opportunity to really talk during his visit, and I love it. I’m also using every opportunity to get another of his fabulous hugs. He even volunteers more of them, and it makes me tear up just thinking about it.
Parenting is such a difficult thing. Each of us does the best we can at the time and hope that it’s the right thing to do. Even if everyone around you thinks you’re doing it right (a very rare thing) it can blow up in your face. You can only try to help or keep your child from going down the wrong path.
We are supremely lucky that with all the mistakes we probably made, our son is such a good person it amazes us. He actually enjoys being with us, is patient with our foibles, and shows in so many ways he loves us. Life just doesn’t get better than this.
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