I am in awe of parents who write and publish posts.....how do you do it?

in #life5 years ago (edited)

My memory of the tough child raising days had disappeared big timed, like the sleepless nights, the busy no time for me days. I remember the fun happy times. No more entertaining and protecting, keeping them safe and always watching for me. It is normally quiet and peaceful at my place now. But, not when the young family come to visit. They are coming to visit warning. As usual my excitement bubbled out of me like a water spout, there was lots to do. A menu was planned, shopping and preparations were made, so much fun, so effortless and exciting.

There was definitely a flash back of my busy parenting years when the young parents arrived. They were very tired. They needed a break!. The parents of the 7 month old and 2 1/2 were weary and sleep deprived Understandable. Right?

So we did what we knew was the only thing to do, gave these tired parents a helping hand as much as possible. We did things like giving the parents opportunities to have a day nap, cooked delicious meal, washed up, washed the bibs and cleaning cloths etc. We knew it was appreciated. It felt good, really good to laugh and play, digging holes and making sand castles was twice every day on the surf beach.

But, I quickly learned about the downside to being an active hands on grandma all day, my usually creative writing brain became a little foggy. Oh no, writing is not flowing so well, the ideas are not coming as quickly, the body wants to rest, the eyes are not focussing. So, parents on this social media platform of @steemit, I take my hat of to you when you publish posts How do you get time? You write so well @ginnyannette.

It certainly is a feat to write posts when you are in full parenting swing with little children. So much energy goes into looking after kids all day. If you have a passion to write then passing out at night does not get any posts written. The up side of the last few days is that I am at least writing one post. I am very grateful that I I have not completely bummed out.

Here here all the writers on steemit who have a full time child rearing job. You have my admiration You are going to get my upvote for just posting.

I'll really miss my little ones but I am looking forward to recovering. Until next time.


Cheers


Sort:  

hahaha! howdy angiemitchell! looking forward to recovering indeed! lol. very good. Yes the world's toughest job especially if you have more than one to take care of at the same time.!

Morning janton, so true particularly with a 2 year old who says "Have you finished writing?" I was silly even to think I could re-read before posting this morning. Haha.

You sound like a wonderful grandma. What you are doing is all any mom wants: her own mom - the most trustworthy babysitter there is - to just take over for a day. My mom does that for me for a day once a month or so, and it is lovely.

What you wrote is very sweet. It is really hard having the mental energy to do much at the end of the day. Perseverance and sleep deprivation get us through :)

I hope you soak up every moment of your grandchildren to keep you full of their love once they head home.

Thank you @ginnyannette, such lovely words. Now I have my feet up drinking a latte, so nice!

You sound like my mother in law and my mother, awesomeness in human form.

My answer to the question in your title is: in snatches! :)

My kids aren't teeny tiny anymore so it's easier in some regard but we also homeschool so the amount of time available for this kind of thing is still somewhat limited XD

Thank you for your lovely words. I am also in awe of parents who homeschool, it is such an undertaking.

Hello @angiemitchell, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.36
TRX 0.12
JST 0.039
BTC 69965.85
ETH 3540.49
USDT 1.00
SBD 4.71