Hi Everyone!
It’s been such a lonnnnng time! I have so much to fill you in on, but this post will be short, since I still have to workout before the kids wake up (more on that next week). At the beginning of this semester, my sister asked if I wanted to be on a parenting panel. I was like, “Sure. Why not? It will get me out of the house!” So today was the day. I had everything planned out, the kids were dressed, lunch was packed, and the stroller was stowed in the van. I put on clothes that made me not look like a mom- i.e. no yoga pants. I put on make up,which made feel like a regular person. We trekked down to the Ohio State campus, had an awkward lunch in a university building and made our way to the class.
I did take both children, so I was not sure how this was going to go. Luckily the professor had toys and such, which ViVi jumped on immediately. Sasha was perfectly happy chewing on his baby food containers.
The panel consisted of me and 4 other women who had children under 4. The class asked questions about preparing for birth, father’s roles in parenting, disciplining, successes in parenting, and more. It was really good for me to see other moms talk about their journeys in parenting because I don’t get to be around different parenting styles often. It was also great to be able to impart some of my “mom wisdom” on these young people. My prayer is that my words will have some lasting effect on even just one of the students as they work with children and have children of their own. Too bad I can just talk about how I parent for a living. It would be so easy!
the choleric mom 