Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Mixed bag



Most of the time when raising young children it was clear cut when they got sick you would keep them home from school. Fevers were top indicators, and then there would be the times especially when their orifices were spewing out internal juices, fairly clear-cut there too. Bellyaches were open to interpretations and often we parents would ask a couple of questions like are there any tests today or is someone giving you a hard time? Sure there were bullies back then, nothing new there. Yes, to a test would give way to a more in-depth question and answer period in the subject of the test to be given; if the answers were right then the child would stay home, simplicity at its finest. Bullying has always been a touchy issue and at times it left most of us parents with either telling our loving parts of us to turn the other cheek or stand up to the coward!
Today, interference is not any difference than then, then I bet if you thought you might intervene with a teacher or principal or the other child’s parents it was a double edge sword and most offspring would beg you not to…due to fear of the worse happening.

But gosh nothing like what you hear about today.
Our kids were born during the 1970’s, and turned out great anyhow!

In spite of our ineptitude of having the mistake of deciding to have them while still in our twenties!
We grew up with them and sometimes I do believe they grew up further than us.

Trial and error is how we parented and somehow they remained alive!

Love is all you have is what we thought and respected their independence to think for themselves, since I still believe that most all children learn right from wrong by the age of three and if they haven’t too bad for all involved with that portion of their education.

Now I can hear you all in the background calling me a hippy dippy parent, and thanks! Actually, as you know, no, I cannot hear you still…

The reason I started on the sick topic when to know when to go out into public and all with something contagious that is… You see I am still respiratorily ill (new word, where do I find them, hmm?) I am not sure if I am still contagious, but I rather err on the side of caution and so today we did not go to the gym/rehab I am still quite congested and therefore, and coughing even with dosing every four hours and weak, did I mention that I am weak, yep weak too. And darn, tomorrow I was looking forward to having lunch with an old friend and her toddler daughter, a not quite three year old that is for Hubby and me to have lunch out with them. The younger woman was our number one son’s girlfriend years ago and had since married and had a daughter who will be three in a couple of months. We have been keeping in contact online with FB and it would have been nice to see each other for the first time in over eight years in person. And yes, number one said that our friendship could remain and he is still friends with her and her husband too and went to the wedding and we were even invited, but couldn’t go.

Sadly, I had to cancel due to how I feel and so it does make me feel badly about that, but I really felt we had no choice.

I am fading now, dizzy again… and so I will bid you all adieu

And on that note of wanting to know what would you do, allow me to be the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear!

PS this might turn out to be a great diet too, being ill, since my appetite has diminished significantly…oh well... I'll take what I can get.

Which way will the war go?

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