Preparation For Life!

Preparation For Life!
More than just a hay burner!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

The Joy of Silver!

If life was not so crazy busy herding my family over its challenges I could look like a trophy wife. Or at least have the energy to worry about it! Another clear "proof" that parenting is NOT for wimps - Barbie never had children! Parenting is that period of time when half way through the day...usually when you're in public...you realize there is a food stain on your shirt, you have on two different tennis shoes or the reason your socks are uncomfortable is because they're your daughter's socks! As the children age it's easy to forget that you are too! Until that one dreadful day you look through the toothpaste splattered mirror and there they are...the tell tale signs of motherhood...crows feet lines around the eyes, a spontaneous pocket of fatty deposits at the jaw line, and a few unmistakeable silver hairs at the temple area! You've become your grandmother during the short six hours of sleep you received. The good new is, when you see this vision staring back your heart rate drops and a feeling of relief overwhelms you (at least it should). Does this mean I have reached the period of life when my disposable income will be my own? When my dinner table will be wine and appetizers and not the food pyramid recommended items for growing up nutritiously fed healthy children? Does this mean my summer vacations don't revolve around scheduled athletic activities involving the hauling of 35 cup cakes and a McDonald's keg of orange soda? Oh Let it be! The Joy of parenting at the next level is so totally awesome! If I never make another cup cake, bake a batch of cookies, or decorate a birthday party involving mass amounts of Dollar Tree decorations and a carpet steam cleaner again, let it be! Welcome the Silver!