Topic: Looking back on motherhood
Every time I pass a park with my daughter I regret that I did not spend more time with her at the park.
Oh, we went to the park and she loved it, but I was a single working mom, had gone through an ugly divorce and had limited emotional and physical energy on the weekends. We did a lot of organized activities, playdates, parties and as a TV executive we went to lavish premieres of The Lion King,
where she rode on an elephant, Pocahantas, where she canoed and on and on… and the birthday parties were always fun with other kids and my adult friends.
But those quiet Sundays at the park, just one on one, no supervised activities, that’s what she loved the most and that’s what I regret not doing more of.
Kids want to spend time with you, they want your full calm attention, money can’t buy that, its not Disneyland, its just that park. I wish I had done more of it. I am lucky that I have a teenager that likes to just hang around with me. Now with my own business, its busy but I take as much time as I can to do nothing with my daughter…those are the best times!
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