Today I am blogging on a topic suggested by another mommy blog I love, The (Un)Experienced Mom’s Top Three Thursday. The topic was simple, but the answer is very complex – What Are The Top Three Things You Love About Being A Parent? I am going to attempt to narrow down my answers to three….so here goes!
#3 – Peanut Butter and Jelly, Macaroni and Cheese and Hide and Seek. I love being a parent because I now have an acceptable excuse for acting like a kid again! Do you know how long it had been since I ate a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwhich or ate nothing but Mac and Cheese for dinner?? And do you know how OFTEN I get to enjoy those delicacies since I have had children? I also love the fact that playing tag in my front yard or drawing with chalk in the cul-de-sac are deemed as “interactive parenting” instead of “insane old person!”
#2 – Being honestly missed. I know this sounds very self-serving, but man, I have never in my life received the reaction I get after coming home from a two-hour shopping trip as I do now. I was pulling out of the driveway the other day just to go down the road to my softball practice and both of my boys followed me down the driveway yelling “I love you, Mommy! I’ll miss you Mommy! Don’t go Mommy!” and although I just kept driving, I kinda got a little puffed up. It’s kinda nice knowing you are missed when you are away.
#1 – This one is the best and the scariest! Knowing you are shaping someone’s life. I know we are all influential in the live’s of the people around us, but none are as impressionable and as intent on mimicking your every move as your children. I see sooooo much of myself and my husband in my kids. Not just their appearance, but their actions, their habits, their likes and dislikes and even their sense of humor. I just pray that I help to mold these little lives to be respectful, proud, accountable, and accepting young men. Its the best thing in the world when you see some of what you try to teach them bubble up through their personality.
Your turn! What is your top three favorite things about being a parent??
The Dolly Mama 
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