Parenting For Life...

It's true what they say, that when you become a parent, you will be one for life. Here's a recent example: I'm almost thirty-five (did I just type that?) and my mom is still able to calm me down when I'm having a little crying fit and my dad can still pull a giggle out of me when I just want to curl up in a ball and sob.

It's been a tough day emotionally at my house - pretrip prep/strees combined with not great news on the cancer front for my dad - and while I boo hooed it up, my mom calmly told me: "It's okay. Today was a bad day. But tomorrow were going to get up and do it again, and it's going to be a good day. We're not crying. We may feel like it, but we're choosing not to cry." Shortly thereafter my dad got on the phone and told me not to cry for him because his doctors basically gave him permission to eat a bucket of fried chicken and a gallon of ice cream for dinner in order to put on some weight.

So thanks Mom, for remaining calm. And thanks Dad for being one of the funniest people I know . . . all the time. You two were just the people I needed to talk to. I love you.

PS. If you hate me in four days because my kiddoes have been hellions for you while I've been living it up in snowy Utah, I am really, truly sorry.