Lately, it seems like there are so many reminders that we are all grown up. Remember when we were kids and the "big stressors" were almost life ending? Where did we put our favorite stuffed animal cause I cannot sleep without it. Or, my friend didn't play with me on the playground today!
Or the worst thing to ever happen to you- your boyfriend broke up with you! UGH! Life was going to implode around you!
Then as you get older- reality hits slowly. The day you have to pay your first bill. Or have to go to work when you really want to go to that dinner/party/vacation. Then you add in husbands and children and life gets infinitely more complicated. Giving up those $300 bags and $150 shoes- cause realistically you do not NEED those but you NEED valentines for your daughters class, diapers for your toddler, and that awesome new minivan.
Then those stresses even pale in comparison to what you start facing. Parents start getting sick. Even you may get sick. Then you start seeing friends and family dealing with awful things.
Obviously, me getting sick has been a wake up call. I have had a few months to adjust. Then it seems like life is throwing these reminders up all around me. A close family member is awaiting test results. There is nothing definite about what could be wrong but another wake up call.
I have 2 friends from high school whose children are in the same hospital for treatment for Leukemia. Wow. The only thing worse than my diagnosis is watching my child go through it. These two mommas are soo strong. But to see someone you know dealing with your worst nightmare is a wake up call. Then tonight- a dear dear friend posted that her older sister was diagnosed yesterday with Leukemia. Are you freakin kidding me??
I do not want to be an adult. Obviously, bad things happen to kiddos to. Yet, we have such this naive quality when we are little. We are immune to anything bad happening- or at least we are not wise enough to know that things can. I want those days back. I want those days for my kiddos.
Hug your kiddos tonight. Call your parents. Send a note card or even just an email to your close friends.
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