on the drive home i kept thinking that this was a little taste of what my soon-to-be future life in motherhood will be like. doing everything i can to make sure they have what they need to survive and then dropping them off to let them fend for themselves. i don't know if i've done enough, but when i start to miss him too much, or worry that his feet hurt or that his pack is too heavy, or that he's not using hand sanitizer before he eats, i'm going to try to remember my pep talk and say a little prayer.
8.03.2009
pep talk
at 7am this morning i dropped off a very happy, excited, optimistic and maybe a little nervous, twelve year old at the scout master's house. i left him there with his thirty pound back pack, a kiss, a promise that he would use his hand sanitizer before eating (not likely), and a pep talk. i told him to pray when he's scared, his feet start to hurt or when his pack is too heavy and he thinks he wants to quit. besides double checking everything in his pack to make sure he has what he needs to survive in the uintas for five days, what else could i give him?on the drive home i kept thinking that this was a little taste of what my soon-to-be future life in motherhood will be like. doing everything i can to make sure they have what they need to survive and then dropping them off to let them fend for themselves. i don't know if i've done enough, but when i start to miss him too much, or worry that his feet hurt or that his pack is too heavy, or that he's not using hand sanitizer before he eats, i'm going to try to remember my pep talk and say a little prayer.
on the drive home i kept thinking that this was a little taste of what my soon-to-be future life in motherhood will be like. doing everything i can to make sure they have what they need to survive and then dropping them off to let them fend for themselves. i don't know if i've done enough, but when i start to miss him too much, or worry that his feet hurt or that his pack is too heavy, or that he's not using hand sanitizer before he eats, i'm going to try to remember my pep talk and say a little prayer.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
That is a hard one. I was so glad Kurt was in Young Men's when my boys first went on the camp outs. It made it much easier on me. Now they are 16 and I still worry even though I trust their leaders. How will we ever handle sending them on missions?
He will do GREAT!
and have a blast!!
it's just us moms who suffer...
I hope he has a great time! Patsy is right it is the Moms who have the harder time, the kids are too busy having fun to worry about anything else!
Sweet post. You're a great mom :)
I bet he has a great time! Such a great experience for him:)
such a hard experience for the mom.
I like your pep talk:)
The uintas are great! It is so scary to be Wende the mom. Maybe you should switch to Wende the bomb! HaHa jk . He looks excited. I am sure he will do great.
I think he'll be fine...but you won't want to get any where near him when he gets home...they stink soo soo so bad after!
Post a Comment