I was talking to one of my brothers the other day and he asked me what I liked about going home. I told him that I liked not being in charge for a little while. Mom picked what was for dinner, made it, and cleaned it up. She does the laundry, does the grocery shopping, and all the other things I hate doing out at school. And for a while, I don't have to be my own mom, because she's there doing all those things.
But as I was saying it, I realized that this state of being my own mom will never go away. For the rest of my life, I have to be the big girl and make my own decisions, do the grunt work, and eventually I'll do it for other people too.
And somehow when I realized that it was never going away, I suddenly got really comfortable with doing all those things. Because those are also the things I really love about being an adult. I feel good about myself when I can do these things with relative ease.
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