"Go get in the car and buckle up, I will be right there". With that said, I raced around the house frantically turning off lights and putting away the gallon of milk that was left out on the table. As I raced out the door to shuttle my kids to Tae Kwan Do I approached my car and heard crying. My son came walking up the driveway with tears in his eyes. "What Happened" I asked as I hurriedly placed my daughter in the car. "If you would have listened to me and gotten in the car you wouldn't have gotten hurt"! Tears were streaming down his face, both knees had blood dripping from them and all I could do was strap him in his car seat and remind him that we didn't have time for this right now. We were running on a very tight schedule and if I didn't leave right then my daughter would be late for her class and after all this wouldn't have happened if he had just listened to me. As I threw the car in reverse I though to myself "this is crazy! I don't even have time to be the kind of mother I want to be". Just then my 9 year old said "MOM, don't you even care that he is hurt"! Sure I cared, how had I let myself get to this point that I was so tightly scheduled I didn't have time to console my son when he needed me.
Have any of you ever found yourselves running on such a tight schedule that you don't have time to stop and really be the kind of moms you want to be. I always said I wouldn't have over scheduled kids, that they would do one thing at a time and yet somehow with three children all participating in at least one activity each we are lucky somedays to have time to shovel something in our mouths for dinner before we run on to the next activity. I don't know how I got to this point or how I can change it right now but it's not always so crazy, some days are better then others.
No comments:
Post a Comment