I am an extremely sentimental human being. I used to be sentimental about everything, but that has somehow changed over the years and now a vast majority of it focuses on only my children. My son gave me this coffee cup this past Christmas. It came from one of those school stores the kids have in elementary school around the holidays. Other mothers have described the merchandise to me as “crap,” but for me it is the stuff of Christmas morning tears of joy over the thoughtfulness of my children, their awesome wrapping, and their excitement over giving the gifts they picked out on their own. I am so aware that these moments are fleeting. My son completed our family, and once he is done with these school holiday shops at school we, as a family, are done with them as well. I hold on as much as I can.
By the way, I don’t often feel like I am a “star mom”. I try very hard, but I think most of the time I suck. I hope that when my children are grown we can have an honest conversation about their childhood and I hope they tell me the truth about my parenting. For now, I will take the coffee thermos and just try my best.
Joyful Mama 