Weekly Wisdoms #20

I wrote the glimmers for this post first and realised that a lot of the week was focused on Emma. It has been emotionally exhausting for us all but we finally have a team of health care providers we trust and who are working together to help get her healthy both physically and mentally.

Glimmers

(Glimmers are micro-moments of joy that make us feel happy, hopeful, and safe.)

• We bought the paint for our downstairs renovation. I am very excited about this project – we are redoing mine and Emma’s office space, fixing the roof in the lounge and repainting everything.
• I took Emma to a homeopath on Monday and it was such an incredibly helpful consultation. The reason I took her to a homeopath is because they look at things holistically, which I needed to help us get rid of this persistent cough she has had for weeks. A lot of stuff came up, all of it makes sense and we are now on a journey to get everything sorted.
• Eve and I walked. I am finding each walk is getting easier and easier. Eve mentioned that when we first did this walk, last year I think, I got to a point and sat down and almost cried. Now I can walk the whole thing without stopping.
• Both kids have been spending time at Jack’s girlfriends house. She has a little sister who is exactly Emma’s age. They have been having a blast.
• Emma’s tutor came for the first time this week, she really likes her and they had a great session which makes me very happy.
• I made a few bags for Emma’s shop – how cute are they.
• I went for another sports massage – it was still a little sore but not as bad as the first one and I feel so much looser afterwards.
• I had a chat with the owner of a possibly school for Emma. This is a glimmer because we finally have some direction when it comes to Emma’s school.

My Weekly Wisdom..

I read a Thread the other day that said something like “I love my child, but I hate the parenting part.” I wish I had saved it because the lady who said it, said it so much better, but you get the jist.

I feel like this often. I absolutely love my kids, I love spending time with them, I love watching them grow and change and find their way in the world but the parenting part feels very full on sometimes.

There is a big gap between my older two kids and the younger two – there is 12 years between Cameron and Emma. We are parenting two completely different generations and I didn’t fully realise how big that gap would actually be until recently. But regardless of their generations, this parenting things is intense. There are constant decisions that need to be made on their behalf. There are a million meals that need to be made and groceries that need to be bought. Disciplining happens all the time, repeatedly for the same thing.

It is EXHAUSTING.

Of course it goes without saying that I do it all with love. It doesn’t make it less exhausting. I am feeling it a lot at the moment while we navigate Emma’s season. But I know that it will pass and things will get easier for her and for me.

Picture of the Week

Wise Words of the Week

Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you. Misty Copeland

Words of the Week

I am joining up with the Word of the Week link party this week so my word for the week would have to be PRODUCTIVE. I was up early each morning and was smashing my to do list. We have a big event on today so we have been busy planning and organising. We made a lot of real progress with Emma’s health and Jack is almost done with this assessments for Term 1.

Until next week!