My Children

Teens are interesting. And teens don’t want me saying too much about them, so I can’t. But suffice to say, they are..alive, stereotypically teen- like😅, very helpful, and battling off the ‘cold’ I gave them. Thankfully my teen son didn’t get it in his chest.

The other day I had to laugh. I was trying to rest- remembering the GP who reprimanded me last time for not staying in bed and resting when I had the chest infection. Next thing I hear, my teen son, “No, no! Mommy needs to rest!”

My talkative twin was having none of it. At the top of her very cheerful voice, she was shouting, “Mommy, are you sick!! You sick!??” As if she’s asking, “Mommy, did you see my surprise!?”🤣

In a lower tone, her not very talkative twin sister was doing her version of yelling and saying, “Knock knock! Knock knock!”

How could I ever keep them out? So I yelled-coughed that they could come in. At least my not so talkative angel came and looked at my face, pretended to climb onto the bed then decided I was boring and started playing around my room. My other one…She waved at me and just went straight for my exercise gear, a puppet and my dumbbells and started playing with them. Didn’t even come close to me!😅 They were prancing about and oh so energetic!

All they wanted was my presence.

Friday afternoon, Reo, my not very talkative angel, refused to go for a walk. So she stayed behind. Loved how she was playing with her siblings who stayed behind with her. She was just so HAPPY! And I loved how she recruited her siblings. She was playing with them!

Presence. Peace. Happiness. These are the lovely moments of my parenting life. When my children are regulated and happy.