The Positive Spin
March 25, 2011
This boy. Oh this boy.
(Picture me here inhaling deeply and shaking my head slowly)
He is intense. He is full of life. He is funny. So very, very funny. He is sarcastic. He is deeply sensitive, but hides it behind a tough bravado. I can see through it.
He can bring me to the highest high of parenting. And just as quickly plunge me into the depths of despair.
He challenges me to be a better parent. (Sometimes he challenges me hourly.) Sometimes I fail, or to be more accurate, I feel like I have failed.
I look at him and think, I am a better person because you are in my life.
Then I shake my head.
This boy. Oh, this boy.
He is so precious to me.
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Yes, I have a boy like this. I have two children who are easy to parent and one who makes me earn every parenting stripe I have. I worry, I laugh, I cry way more often than I would care to admit.
Thanks for this post. I know how it is.
March 25th, 2011 at 9:16 pmHappy birthday to Kate’s cyber twin!
We celebrated by driving around town as usual oh it is a birthday too. I guess I made gluten free cupcakes and frosting without ingredients ^^
Karen
March 25th, 2011 at 10:32 pmI think my youngest(2) is a lot like that, he is certainly giving me a run for my money. I have 4 kids and the other 3 were so different, I get up tired and my energy drains as soon as I hear him stirring. He can also be so sweet and funny. Tell me it does get easier and I will figure him out.
March 26th, 2011 at 12:36 amI echo everything you said, except substitute the word “girl” for “boy”.
Aren’t our children amazing? My children were born eleven years apart, and I believe the first daughter made me grow up, and the second daughter caused me to stay young!
I hope you are happy and well!
Love,
March 26th, 2011 at 7:06 amMelissa
I can completely relate. I have a child just like this.
March 27th, 2011 at 6:24 pmI have one of those too.
March 28th, 2011 at 10:52 amThey have a way of doing that these boys… *joins in sighing and head shaking*
March 29th, 2011 at 1:26 pmI can’t get over how much older he looks!! It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful your kids are!
March 31st, 2011 at 9:25 amI just want to say that you have very lovely blog entries. It’s very obvious that you love your children very much and what lovely boys they are! They’re going to be heart-breakers when they grow up! (Well, not literally, just a way of saying they’d be handsome when they grow up into adults.)
Keep up the great blogging
April 8th, 2011 at 1:53 pm-Gigi@Distibutor for PCW