Childhood never returns!!

Today we all live very busy and stressful lives. We are busy with work, the school run, kids’ homework, extra-curricular activities, cooking, cleaning…the list is endless. But in this hustle and bustle, do we have fun with our kids? Have we forgotten to give our toddlers the horse ride on our backs, they’d been longing for? Did we not float paper boats in the puddle outside with our children? Did we have a snow ball fight with our children when it snowed last? Is something missing? In this stressful life, we can so easily miss out on the joys of parenthood and lose out on those never to return magic moments, that on reflection will be the memories we so dearly cherish..

We say we don’t have time to play but the kids have already made the boat themselves and just want us to float it with them on our way to work. We say we don’t have time to play but they just want us to paint a smiley face whilst we are busy cooking.

Sometimes we fail to respect their wishes and sweetly tell them that we are busy, not thinking that the quality of their day could depend on that one thing. But at that moment, it may help to pause for a second and think: will this stage of their childhood ever return? Will they ask us to float a boat when they are 10? They might be making a wooden one at school for a project. Will they ask us to kneel down and become a horse when they are 8? They might become one for their younger sibling! Will they ask us to paint a smiley face with them when they are 6? By that age they would probably be painting one for a school exhibition.
Don’t miss the opportunity of that feeling of JOY you are blessed with as a parent. Respect their wishes, even the tiniest ones and they will respect yours when you’re getting late to go to work or when guests are coming and you need them to maybe help you or play on their own.

When we have less of this precious life in front of us than behind us, nobody will wish they spent more time in the office. So don’t miss a moment to make your memories! So go on, be the child you once were. Your children will be overjoyed and your soul will sing.

To end this note, we would like to share this incredibly moving poem:

INSPIRATIONAL POEM:

If I had my child to raise all over again,

I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.

I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.

I would do less correcting and more connecting.

I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.

I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.

I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.

I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.

I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

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