While I am Packing
July 29, 2010
Tonight I am getting on plane and heading to NYC. I will be gone from my children for 10 days and 10 nights. I have never been away from them for that long.
People have been asking me if I am going to miss the kids and I have been laughing and tos.sing out a hearty, “Heck, no! I am looking forward to a vacation!” While that is true, now that the time is here, I am suddenly stricken by just how many days that is! It is a lot of days. Ten of them. It’s a lot of packing. I told Susan on the phone the other day I think I need a suitcase AND a carry-on, usually I use one or the other.
While I finish packing, because I can never seem to manage to do it before the very last moment, why don’t you go read my latest post over at Alphamom, After the Diagnosis, where I talk about parenting my difficult child, my fears, and my persistent hope that gets me through.
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What a great post, I have often tried to expain my dd’s ADD and it is hard to get people to understand that she is not trying to make them mad. That sheis trying to get things done etc but can’t.
Have fuin in NYC
July 29th, 2010 at 8:25 amWhen our kids go to their grandma’s house for a week, we always rejoice and brag about how great it is,/how much we will do/how peaceful it is ….until about night time. Then the quiet really gets to me/I find it hard to eat without having to get up 10 times, then again there is that 6-10 hours of rejoicing until night time.
July 29th, 2010 at 9:09 am10 days OMG are you going to be in NYC for all ten days
Enjoy the trip i hope our weather is good!
July 29th, 2010 at 9:22 amThank you for your post, because I am going through the same thing and it helps to know I am not the only one.
It is hope that leads us through the dark times.
July 29th, 2010 at 9:27 amHave an amazing trip!!
July 29th, 2010 at 9:44 amwow. That post was amazing. I struggle with one of my boys. As he gets older it is getting more difficult and I’m not parenting him well. We raised the ADD/ADHD question with his pediatrician who doesn’t feel that his behaviour points in that direction.
enjoy your 10 days away from the daily rigors of being a mom - your family will gain a healthy appreciation of all you really do.
July 29th, 2010 at 11:25 amWe are new to the world of diagnosed ADHD, although I think we have known there was something for a long time. Your struggles sound very familiar - my hope is that my child will struggle less as she gets older. Enjoy your time away. My husband and I try to get away once a year for a week and I think it is the key to sanity (or at least preserving the tiny particles I have left)!
July 29th, 2010 at 3:30 pmSafe travels Chris! Relish in your time alone. The kids will realize even more how much you mean to them while you’re away. I’m sure you’ll be getting many a text from them.
July 29th, 2010 at 10:25 pm