i knew this day would come
Today is Tuesday; just an ordinary day. It’s not the beginning nor the end of the week – it’s not even the middle of the week…but Tuesday is about to become a very special day.
Recently, my daughter was promoted to a member of the ballet company she’s been training at and my oldest son was promoted to a higher ranking class at his karate studio. These are great things and I am so proud of them – so very very proud of them. They have been working hard and deserve the rewards.
As I was looking at their new schedules and updating the calendar, I realized that Tuesday is now one of the only days we will all be able to have dinner together. The monkeys visit their dad every other weekend and the weekends we are all home are usually very busy. While we may be able to have dinner together on the weekends they are home, it is not guaranteed and this is a big change from what has been our norm.
For the last few years, I have made it a point – it may have sort of been an obsession of mine – to make sure we all sat down for dinner together during the week. This wasn’t something that happened very often in my home growing up and when I chose to have kids, I knew this was something I wanted to do for them.
And, I knew the day was coming when the kids would grow and branch out to their own activities and therfore become busier. I knew the day was coming when they would spend more time away from home. I knew the day was coming when we wouldn’t all be able to have dinner together every day. I knew it was coming but I guess I was just hoping it would take just a little bit longer to get here.
I’m sure you’ll have a great time on Tuesday! Now you can make it a special thing…maybe a dessert or something. The idea of raising them is so they can go on to be wonderful adults! It sounds like yours are on their way! Congratulations on a job well done!
-Kim