Comments on: What They See

By: Ru

Ru — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:37:08 +0000

This certainly tasted as fine as a cream bun after a hard day’s work, if better, the buttery fingers of a ‘love to hate’ kid.
Thank you.

By: Tony Faulkner

Tony Faulkner — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:56:02 +0000

Grrrr. I hate being reminded (however eloquently) to remember to appreciate how crazy great parenting can be at whatever your child’s age. So much better to stew over the inconvenience of having to read “one more book/chapter” to the child at bedtime when I need to get on with my reading random stuff on the internet before passing out so I can start again tomorrow…. Ok, fine, I’ll appreciate the reminder just this one time.

By: Ru

Ru — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:37:17 +0000

Thank you. And it’s not just toddlers. This reminder comes at the perfect moment on my life with our 5-year-old. Who, by the way, does not listen. That doesn’t change as soon as you might hope!

By: Cara

Cara — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:09:56 +0000

Loved this. As a mom of twin one year-olds, it’s nice to be reminded of what other people see when they see my girls. (I see it too, just, um, not all the time…)

By: Heather L

Heather L — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:55:50 +0000

Well damn, you made me like my kids a little bit more today. Funny and true and wonderful. Thanks for this~

By: wendy @ mama one to three

wendy @ mama one to three — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:46:53 +0000

lovely piece indeed. it is the small, maddening, glorious, lightening-fast moments that make up parenting. As for boots–I order at least 3 different sizes from zappos and then start returning what doesn’t fit. easy!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:29:51 +0000

Perfect, perfect, perfect.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:28:22 +0000

I also try and remember to find beauty in the snotty nosed, mismatched, gumbooted, dress-upped, rasta haired little person in my life. Mostly they are just little bundles of passion – who else would be able to socially transition from pure, decible defying delight to roars of dispair and outrage in a heartbeat? Children are our cure for mediocracy, they are the balm on the chafe of our day, they are who we really want to still be. I am going out to play now.

By: Elissa Wald

Elissa Wald — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:13:20 +0000

Amen, amen, and amen again. I loved this.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:46:58 +0000

You’ve done a wonderful job-bringing tears to my not-so easily teared up eyes. I have a 4 and a 1 year old and they are a lot- of everything, time, and work and energy- but it’s nice to pull back and be able to remember how wonderful they are too. (in my house, my son was generally referred to as the “baby dictator”, but I’m liking the teensy emperor as well). Thanks for writing it!