Making a movie about the dog…look at this face carefully – I reckon it’s gunna be famous one day (no, the girl, not the dog).
There is so much going on at the moment. So many big life decisions for these kids. It makes me excited, but also quite anxious. Why does so much have to hinge on these moments? How do we know if we are making the “right” choice?
We have to trust, I guess, in the fact that they are on their own individual journeys. There is so much debate around nature vs. nurture, but when it comes down to it, their lives are still given exclusively to them, the same as ours were to us. Still, we both have a constant low drone of anxiety as we help guide our two lovely girls through. When does it stop? When they are ‘adults’? When they have families of their own? Never?
The youngest is selecting a high school, while the oldest is picking which tertiary education path to go down. We have driving lessons, science fairs, school camps, summer jobs, open days and exams all to think of. Also, we will soon start looking around for the eldest’s first car to get her into college and back each day.
The pressure is really high, as we are both insanely busy at work, and completely unable to see an end in sight. Sometimes, I think you just have to trust in something bigger and more intelligent, and just walk the path in darkness, one step at a time. Today, will I step on the safe and trusty path – or just cow shit?