Rendered Obsolete . . .

 

Yesterday I told Hannie B. we would make Snickerdoodles together.  She waited patiently while the Hubby and I tackled the sanding of two very large pieces of furniture to ready them for painting.  It took longer than I anticipated.  Her patience quickly turned to impatience.  When I finished sanding, I came in to make cookies and Hannie B. was standing in the kitchen in front of two perfectly executed trays of cookies ready to go into the oven.  She’d done it all without me.  And suddenly I felt the gravity of the advancing age of my children. Like I had been made obsolete. And the special gift of cookies made by mom was no longer so special.  But, it has to be said, Hannie’s cookies were delish!

Now the house is empty except for Ollie boy and me.  We’re on our way out the door to take a nice, ‘vigorous’ walk.  Then I’ll get laundry done without interruption and finish up another painting project without fighting in the background.  It will be good.

Still, I already miss those other three lugs.  They are fantastic people and I enjoy there company. And I think it has to be said  that one of the biggest reasons I hate it when my kids go back to school is because I feel like they need me less and less. 

And this momma likes to feel needed. 

Gotta go – I have a diaper to change!  Happy Back To School!