Stop right here and savor this moment. You’ve done it—you’ve come this far. Diapers have been traded in for pull-ups (or maybe even underpants), the car seat for a booster, the crib for a “big kid” bed. The terrible twos are perhaps not so far behind you as you’d like, but you can look back at them and laugh now. And that’s the easiest part. Come down off your cloud now and admit it—it’s looking ahead that scares you silly and makes you clutch them to yourself, making them promise they’ll never, ever, ever grow up. Because you know all too well that it only gets harder from here. And looking around at the failing economy and the failings of our government and the unfailing inflation, being scared silly doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface. You’re almost paralyzed at the thought that one day your precious, innocent child will one day have to face all of this—or worse—alone.
Scared? I’d be surprised if you weren’t. Prepared? I’d be surprised if you thought so. Looking ahead at journey of guiding your little one—your soon to be not-so-little one—through the most important years of their lives is overwhelming.
Apologies for the brevity. Inspiration has been sporadic at best lately.
Paper update 3-6-2011: it has been completed and submitted to the professor. I am a little hesitant to post it here since it is almost seven pages long (including the mandatory analysis), but I will be sure to post the grade so all 20 of my loyal readers will know how the professor received it :-)
Final update 3-21-2011: These were returned to us today, and I was ecstatic to break out of my B+ slump with an A-. yay :-)
When I first started reading it, I thought your audience was perhaps not the parent, but the three or four year old who has just come out of the terrible two's and snapped an elastic waist band against their belly. X) "Unorthodox," you said... XD But I like it with the parents as the audience, too. It's a nice little write up. *thumbs up*
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