Great point - thank you for your comment. I did NOT update everyone about the carpet and flooring, and how it went when "she" visited. Thanks to "anonymous", I shall do so now.
I decided to just get the two kids' bedrooms and the bathroom flooring done before "she" came. I allowed enough time for painting the master bedroom before the carpet guys came again to put those rooms' carpet down. Well, due to busy lives and craziness, the painting never got done before the carpet came. I just couldn't get to it. Ugh. It is still the same ugly outdated green. BUT, I LOVE the carpet! It is a lovely shade of brown - better than the OLD brown.
OH, and "she"? Well, her visit was lovely. A very nice girl - I enjoyed her very much.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Graduation
I am about to walk out the door and drive to my baby's high school graduation. I am not ready for this. Ok, I am clothed and have a fabulous skirt on - and my hair even looks great for this horribly humid day. But I am not ready. She thinks she is ready, but I know she is not. I probably thought I was ready back in 1902 when I graduated (no, that's not a typo - tee hee). Since Aspergers is so very prevalent in her dear life, she thinks that she is 18 and now a graduate and by golly, she is ready to make ALL decisions and do whatever she wants. That scares me. It should scare her. Actually, I think it does and so she is not so calm, cool and collected these days. I'm not either.
Her dad reminded me of how, when she was a toddler, she would climb and climb to the top of the jungle gyms with no fear. We would have to stand underneath her and with great fear and anticipation, we would be there to catch her if she fell. We were there to save her from herself, from her thinking that she could handle anything. Well, we are back there again. We are ready to stand ready to catch her. This time, she doesn't want us there. This time, the stakes are higher. This time, the consequences could be more than a scratch or a bruise. This time, we have to pray that we have done enough, and turn it over to Heavenly Father in prayer.
This time, she may have to catch herself. We'll have to wait and see if she will.
Her dad reminded me of how, when she was a toddler, she would climb and climb to the top of the jungle gyms with no fear. We would have to stand underneath her and with great fear and anticipation, we would be there to catch her if she fell. We were there to save her from herself, from her thinking that she could handle anything. Well, we are back there again. We are ready to stand ready to catch her. This time, she doesn't want us there. This time, the stakes are higher. This time, the consequences could be more than a scratch or a bruise. This time, we have to pray that we have done enough, and turn it over to Heavenly Father in prayer.
This time, she may have to catch herself. We'll have to wait and see if she will.
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