Next week will see the beginning of June. It represents a few things for our little family..
It's the half way mark for the year, nothing new there!
In the awesome land of Aus, June is the first month of winter (my favourite season).
l am about to complete my sixth year of teaching junior high school Maths and Science (wow, that time has flown!) Another year and a half to go and I can take long service leave, WOOHOO!
B1 is rapidly moving closer to the end of Grade 12. * SIGH *
My first born might be flying the nest, if he can decide what he wants to do. We took him to the local careers expo this afternoon. lt seems that he might be leaning towards studying science, MAYBE engineering. He loves his Physics and Chemistry... The next question is which university? Local or out of town? Moving away from home to study will make me stress out about whether he will do the reading, go to lectures (and TALK to strangers, oh my!) study and/ or do assignments.
Honestly, the responsibilities he has had as the eldest child and an upbringing that has taught him some lessons about the real world, I think he will thrive. IF you are reading this, my precious boy, l firmly believe you are equipped to make wise (and most likely VERY opinionated) choices and survive in the big wide world. Much better equipped than I ever was, that's for sure.
The credit for this goes to Husband dear. We have come from polar extremes of parenting styles. If l was allowed to, I would have (unintentionally) raised a Mummy's boy rather than a young man. l would often do everything for him. This was a bad idea on several levels. Firstly, I was making a rod for my own back making extra work for me and secondly, depriving our Son of invaluable Opportunities to develop age appropriate independence and responsibility. With husband's guidance, l slowly and reluctantly released the apron strings. For that, dear husband, l really do thank you. One day, our boy will too.
B1 might argue some days we were too hard on him. He sometimes moaned about other Kids who didn't have to do jobs at home AND still got pocket money AND that everything was handed to them on a platter (a bit green with envy, me thinks!). I think over time he has come to realise that he holds more skills and knowledge than his pampered counterparts and will find life much easier to navigate on his own.
l am So excited for him but also dreading the moment he really has grown up
TGBTG
Anje
