Last night was Parent-Teacher conferences at the middle school. I find it puzzling that the conferences don't come at report card time like many other schools but I try to attend the open house forum and talk to each of her teachers individually. What I've determined after conferences is that I must be doing something right. All six teachers told me how bright, sweet and wonderful she is. They told me how she is a pleasure to have in class, always makes sure that her homework is done and turned in and that if she does poorly on an assignment, she always wants the retake to attempt to do better. She has a very clear understanding of the material and tries her best, which is awesome! I'm very very proud of her.
This morning was an entirely different "ahhhh" moment. I got up and started to make my coffee. Having eaten after the kids yesterday, there were dishes left over so I rinsed them and got them ready for the dishwasher and then started wiping other things down, organizing and before I knew it, I was skipping out on my coffee for cleaning (not abnormal for me). I stopped what I was doing, checked myself and said, "I need to take a bit of time just for me." Ahhhhhh relief. Granted, those things will still need to be done but they're not emergency and, in the scheme of things, are not even that important. The ahhhh moment is far more important to me.
I think that everyone needs to concentrate on getting a couple of ahhh moments a day. Even if they're small, few and far between. It doesn't matter what your ahhh place is or how you ahhhh but it's good for the soul to take that time.
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