DS11, soon to be DS12, just asked me what it was like to be a parent. He's sitting over there, gaming away, while I'm checking up on all of your Facebook updates, and he casually drops that one on me.
This is a push the chair away from the computer moment.
I'm back now. I told him the answer to this question could not easily be summed up with just a few sentences, but I did my best.
I told him being a parent is a gift. It changes your life in ways you can't imagine. Your life becomes secondary to the life of your child. There is nothing you wouldn't do for your child to make sure they are loved, safe and provided for. You learn more about love than you ever thought possible. You begin to really understand unconditional love from the direction of being the giver not the receiver.
Then I knew I had to hit pause before I began to lose his interest. :)
I asked him why he had asked me this question and he said he didn't know. He said he was just curious.
I love being home and available for when questions like these come up. You can't predict when your children are going to ask what they do most of the time. Homeschooling has really given us the opportunity to get to know each other in a more natural way.
5 comments:
Homeschooling is great!
Great answer, and an awesome moment for you both. You are doing it right.
Great answer to his question.
Awesome Dawn! I love those types of questions. :)
Great question and great answer.
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