07/06/2018 Today my daughter fell face-first out of a kiddie pool and onto cement. Where was I? 3 feet in front of her snapping pictures of course. In my defense, just the day before I was talking about how I have no pictures of just Jade and Nick has about two albums worth so I tried to take advantage of the Nick-less moment.
The incident happened at my parents house so I was telling my mom how terrible I felt about letting Jade fall out of the pool when I was right there, on my phone. Without missing a beat she said, "Think you're a bad mom? You fell out of a second-story window once." She's right, I did. When I was 3-years-old, I was jumping on my bed with my older brother and cousin. My mom knew we were jumping on the bed and knew the window was open. Our weights hit just right (or wrong I suppose) and I jumped right out of the second-story window and landed in a bed of rocks. I was fine and my mom wasn't/isn't a bad mom. Jade is fine, and I'm not a bad mom. Young parents: (or maybe it never ends I'm not sure because I'm still in the young parent camp) turns out your kid might fall out of a kiddie pool as you're snapping pictures of them, or they might fall into a pile of rocks from a second-story window, disqualifying you for parent-of-the-year. But, you're probably still a really great parent. Lots of grace needed for this guilt-filled, joy-filled, gig.
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