Home alone: What it's like to go kid-free for 4 days
by Angie Hall Anderson posted in Mom Stories
Last week, my kids and husband traveled to visit family while I stayed behind for work, and I found myself alone in my apartment for FOUR DAYS. This was unprecedented. I have been the one traveling and leaving my kids and/or husband behind? but I had never before been LEFT.
On one hand, MAH BABIEEEEEEES! On the other? this is the sort of thing a mom fantasizes about, right" When I realized this was really going to happen, my mind flashed with visions of long, luxurious nights of uninterrupted sleep? openly eating snackfoods without sharing? watching Grown Ass Television at 1 p.m. on a Sunday? and most importantly: emptying every closet and drawer in my apartment and setting fire to anything that doesn?t spark joy. Here?s what actually happened:
I missed my kids, but like a weird fantasy version of my kids.
As I was driving away from the airport after dropping them off, I started getting weepy thinking about how much I was going to miss those little noseminers. And I really DID miss them. But what I missed about them were the hour-long rocking chair cuddle seshes where we talk about our days and tell each other how much we love each other.* I missed coming home from work to find them in delightful moods, being smothered with kisses, and then fixing a healthy dinner they both eat.** I even missed bedtime, when both girls lay still in their beds and listen intently to my on-the-fly amazing tale that is totally not just a story...
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