My job is being a Mum - sometimes a good enough one
sometimes a nowhere near good enough one....
and yesterday i had a bad day at the office...
My daughter has crappy teeth - up until yesterday - it is all over now (this is a message to my subconcious and hers to get those teeth perfect.. NOW!!!)
and i can assure you i have beaten myself up sufficiently for anything that races through your head about how can you??? don't you clean them??? etc to pale incomparison!!!
She lost a filling a few weeks ago and yesterday was d (for dentist) day .... i sedated her and bribed her (guinea pigs now instead of Christmas)...
but she was so terrified
of the needle
so terrified
of having to make herself submit to something that she knew was going to be painful,
when ever fibre of her being said RUN RUN RUN
I had to make her lay back
i had to make her open her mouth
i had to make her take that pain of the injection....
every part of her (except a tiny part of her nearly 8 year old brain which is sensible and old beyond her time and understands the practicality of teeth with holes) wanted to run and there i was betraying that
there i was holding her hand
blabbing on with platitudes...(sometimes in life there is crappy stuff we just have to go through...)
offering bribes (guinea pigs)
offering threats (no guinea pigs)
sweating
wanting to run out of there and cry myself
seein the total terror in her eyes and knowing that there was no way out but through....
why does an 8 year old need to know that ...
ahhh
but we made it and luckily the filling did fall out because the tooth beside it was so crap that the dentist had to pull it...
so i sit here grateful
ready to start another day of mothering, preparing to start talking AGAIN about making healthy choices
and guess what my littlest lovely has just called out "MUMMMMMMMMY"
AND Another day begins
thanks for reading
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
SO here is my next thought
today i got out of the car to take the poodle for a walk
to watch her smile
to move my body
to be by the river
i got two or three minutes in before i realised i was walking... i was so busy in the list in my head, (dog groomer's, photocopiers, drop stuff at Carole's, make Christmas mince pies....blah blah blah)
that i hadn't realised i was walking, being carried up to the river, by my legs on automatic pilot...
so i took a breath, let it out and thought i would enjoy being in my body and the water
and like a gift, ablove my head (i know that is a spelling mistake but i love it so it stays - this is my blog after all!) in the next tree
only 4 feet away
were two tui
[IMG]http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m467/faerian/DSC_0042.jpg[/IMG]
going about the business of declaring their love to each other - puffed up and singing......
the thing with tui is they sing mostly above our hearing register... and i watched these two throwing open their beaks, puffing out their feathers and just SINGING ......
and i thought about how much i need to be seen and heard
and how much it hurts me when i am not
and how much does it really matter - what matters is singing for myself...
for my soul...
for my hearts own joy
and i was filled up
i hope this fills you too
(especially for Brandi who saw me!)
to watch her smile
to move my body
to be by the river
i got two or three minutes in before i realised i was walking... i was so busy in the list in my head, (dog groomer's, photocopiers, drop stuff at Carole's, make Christmas mince pies....blah blah blah)
that i hadn't realised i was walking, being carried up to the river, by my legs on automatic pilot...
so i took a breath, let it out and thought i would enjoy being in my body and the water
and like a gift, ablove my head (i know that is a spelling mistake but i love it so it stays - this is my blog after all!) in the next tree
only 4 feet away
were two tui
[IMG]http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m467/faerian/DSC_0042.jpg[/IMG]
going about the business of declaring their love to each other - puffed up and singing......
the thing with tui is they sing mostly above our hearing register... and i watched these two throwing open their beaks, puffing out their feathers and just SINGING ......
and i thought about how much i need to be seen and heard
and how much it hurts me when i am not
and how much does it really matter - what matters is singing for myself...
for my soul...
for my hearts own joy
and i was filled up
i hope this fills you too
(especially for Brandi who saw me!)
Saturday, December 13, 2008
the first thing i think
the first thing i think is shit do i have anything to say
am i really putting these random thoughts out into the ether
am i really vain enough to think someone might want to read this
i think i need a cup of tea
am i really putting these random thoughts out into the ether
am i really vain enough to think someone might want to read this
i think i need a cup of tea
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