July 31st is our first day of school and I was so surprised that it was starting so early. I mean where did the summer go? When I was little we started the day after Labor Day. We had a good 3 months of summer fun and no other holidays except Christmas break. Now they get fall break, thanksgiving break, Christmas break, winter break and spring break. Whoa… that is just way too many breaks.
My youngest is 17 and heading into his senior year. So it is an exciting yet scary time for all of us. For one, he is my youngest and for two his senior year means his last year in high school. Which means, no more football games, no more helping him with homework, no more school awards ceremonies. I will never again have a kid in high school after he graduates.
I’ve been a mom for 23 years now and still have moments when I think I am not doing it right. My boys are 23, 18 and 17 right now, so they are all in a different stage of life. One about to graduate college, one just graduated high school (and doesn’t know if college is his thing) and the last one about to graduate high school.
Being a mom of 3 boys has made me think differently about everything. Here are some ways my thinking has been transformed over the year.
Being a mom of all boys has definitely changed the way I thought about being a mom. I always wanted a little girl but I am not sure I would be able to handle another DIVA in the house. Being a mom of all boys you get told “God Bless you” a lot, I never knew why, until they got older. I wouldn’t change being a mom of boys for anything in the world. Each one of my boys taught me something different and to this day they each have such different personalities it still blows my mind to think they all grew up together.
So, if you are a mom of all boys, enjoy each and every minute of it. One day you will blink and they will be grown, handsome, smart, men all taller than you. And you will think back to the day you were chasing them all around the house to take a nap, or to change out of the wet underwear, or to get back the broom that they have now turned into a lightsabor. Being a mom of all boys has transformed my life forever and I will tell anyone that being a mom of all boys is the greatest blessing from God. Enjoy these moments with them when they are young, you will cherish them forever.
By: Tina Torres, CEO, The Gratitude Specialist
Leave A Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.