That we worry about our kids more than our parents did about us. For me, one of my life’s goals was to get my kids through college. Then, I reasoned, our job would be done.
Know what baby boomers talk about when we get together and play bridge, golf and GoFish? Honestly? It’s our last doctor appointment and the new hip replacement method we heard about, but mostly it is about our kids, what THEY are doing, WHO they are involved with, WHAT jobs they have, yada-yada-yada.
Truth be told, I am thinking that the Memory of Them Being Home is better than them actually being home.
Nah, I am lying.
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I don’t believe that I worry more about my kids than my parents did..I think it is just that we do not remember that part of our lives. I can however remember my dad worrying about me. I am 41 now and lost my dad from a heart attack when I was 12. One particular memory I have is a girlfriend and I were riding our bikes around this small town we lived in and my dad told us to stick close to home because we were under a tornado watch. Well of course my girlfriend and I did not and rode our bikes out on the old hwy to go see the famous loves lane gravel road that everyone talked about. This was 6 miles out of town. Well the storm hit and my dad could not find us anywhere, we were heading back in the hail and wind on our bikes in the country and my dad showed up in the car. I was so glad to see him, yet knew my butt was in trouble when I got home. He loaded our bikes and dropped Karen off at her house and we went home. I remember getting the worst whoopin and a major lecture, and I had never saw my dad cry until that day. HE was always so tough…I remember him telling me, What would I have done if something had happened to you? I was so worried….Shortly after that, within a week, actually, I lost my dad to a heart attack. I was devastated. So I know my parents worried. I do think also that back then in 1980 that our parents did not have the worries we do now as parents. So many things have changed. We have crazy people out there that want to hurt or take our kids, get them on drugs, etc etc etc…I could go on and on….I will always worry about my kids. I have an 18 yr old son and a 12 yr old son and it never stops…Worry worry worry….but I am MOM…so naturally I will worry…but I will also trust in them that they will be ok and continue to say my prayers every day as I have since the day they were born….To protect them and keep them safe and happy and to live a long and happy life…That is my wish for them. Just my 2 cents worth, not being a baby boomer, I talk just like ya all do. I think we parents are more alike than we think. I just know that my kids are the greatest thing in life that ever happened to me. I just wish their grandpa could have known them. He would be so proud of them….and then maybe I could let grandpa do a little of my worrying for me…LOL Thanks for the article!
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