The toughest lessons of motherhood lay ahead. As a young mom, I felt everyone was kidding when they said, “Wait till your kids get older.
Motherhood is a life-long responsibility, but these days it involves giving advice then looking away said Laurie, who is pictured with her sons Patrick and Paul and Libby the dog.As a young mom, I assumed everyone was kidding when they said, “Wait till your kids get older. It only gets harder.” But if I allowed myself to think about it, I panicked. How much harder can this? With round-the-clock feedings, diaper changing and unending “togetherness,” this job was relentless.
I finally realized something. The more I browbeat them, the less they grew to trust their own instincts. The more I tried keeping them from making mistakes, the less they depended on their own inner guidance.These days, the problems are different, but the theory remains. Maybe they insist on speaking a little too “directly” to the boss or money management isn’t quite as buttoned up as it could be.There were times I would’ve happily kept my sons home all the time and never let them out.
Instead, I’d lie there Friday and Saturday nights while my teenage boys — with their new licenses — went out “cruising.” Every siren I heard got my heart racing. . Now that they’re adults, I’ve heard stories of what went on. My maternal instincts were right. No wonder I was on high alert.Patrick’s a touring musician when he can break away from his day job. He and his mates drive around in this beat-up van that looks like it was assembled in 1947.
Worry is the price of motherhood. And yes, out of sight, out of mind can make things easier. But even these days, years later, I hear a siren and note where my children are. Some habits never die.We all want the planet to be kind and fair to our children. But alas, as we came to find out ourselves, that’s not always the case.
The commercial kitchens my boy Paul works in are tough and challenging, with high adrenaline and short tempers. Let’s say,aren’t always on the menu. He’ll tell me something cutting a boss said. My mother’s instinct is to give this man a piece of my mind. How dare he talk to my boy this way!My older son Patrick is that touring musician. Like all the arts, there’s tons of competition and rejection. Some audiences sit there stone-faced. Sometimes his band goes on at midnight to three people.
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