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I GUESS I SUCK AS A PARENT – PART 2
4 CommentsNot long after I published my last post and I was settling in for a rare evening alone (Paul is out of town and the kids are at their other parents’ house) I received a phone call from Sophia who had just read my blog. She was very upset about what I had written, even though I assured her, “Honey, no one reads my blog.” We had a long, mature discussion about what happened and didn’t happen yesterday. I could see her point of view about wishing that she could have had a little bit more of the spotlight and she admitted that she could have been more appreciative. We decided to have a redo. Since we were planning a special girl’s night dinner tomorrow night with my sister, I promised her I would order her favorite Chinese food and we would have a mini, Just-for-Sophia, birthday celebration. All is well in Shwanda land.
Published on June 3, 2009 · Filed under: BLENDED FAMILIES;
4 Responses to “I GUESS I SUCK AS A PARENT – PART 2”
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Peggy said on June 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
It’s really tough when special occaisons co-incide on the same day. Every 5 years, Thanksgiving lands on my birthday and when I was younger, I hated my birthday being usurped by a food holiday because I didn’t get to choose my birthday dinner and more importantly, one of my brillant parents would put candles in a PIE. It’s not birthday PIE…It’s birthday CAKE.
As I got older, I learned to extend my birthday over the long holiday weekend…and this year…wouldn’t you know…Thanksgiving is scheduled to appear for my birthday.
And gosh darn it, I will have CAKE!
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Carol said on June 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I personally believe in celebrating every special occasion, birthdays, mother’s day, Christmas etc. for a week at a time. Why not? And as for birthdays coinciding with other holidays, here’s a charming story. My late mother-in-law’s birthday is June 14th, same as Flag Day. When she was a little girl she thought that everyone was putting out flags in celebration of her birthday. Now when I see a flag I think of her.
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Dona said on June 4th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
My son will be turning 16 on the 13th of June. I am fetching him from his father in Boise bringing him home to me in the SF Bay Area this weekend, foregoing my own birthday celebrations in favor of fetching him. (My son’s birthday is 10 days after mine). I am planning on taking the whole family out to Laser Quest on the 13th to celebrate both of our birthdays. Hopefully he will be thrilled. If not, he will have another issue thoughtfully provided by me to go see a therapist about later.
Just doing my parental duty and all. Honestly, we all have bad Mommy Moments, I am not proud of mine, and the children seem to come out fine (well mostly) afterwards. Sounds like you had good communication after the fact, and that is what is really important. -
Carol said on June 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Dona,
Thanks for the support. Sophia is in a great mood and we are planning a very special dinner tonight.
Carol
