Comments on: Letting Go: A Mother’s Challenge http://www.drgreene.com/perspectives/letting-go-a-mothers-challenge/ Putting the care into children's health Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Cheryl Greene http://www.drgreene.com/perspectives/letting-go-a-mothers-challenge/#comment-656 Cheryl Greene Thu, 26 Sep 2013 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.drgreene.com/?post_type=guestpost&p=45643#comment-656 If only we had our hands on the breaks …

]]> By: Katie Hurley http://www.drgreene.com/perspectives/letting-go-a-mothers-challenge/#comment-654 Katie Hurley Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:38:00 +0000 http://www.drgreene.com/?post_type=guestpost&p=45643#comment-654 Oh my goodness, Cheryl – I can’t even imagine! Each age and stage has new joys and challenges…but they all just go too fast. Stop this train…

]]> By: Cheryl Greene http://www.drgreene.com/perspectives/letting-go-a-mothers-challenge/#comment-653 Cheryl Greene Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.drgreene.com/?post_type=guestpost&p=45643#comment-653 Katie, You’ve got it so right. Most parents (I’m afraid that includes me) don’t (or in my case didn’t) appreciate every moment until the end was in sight. Of course I enjoyed my kids and their accomplishments from day one, but it wasn’t until middle school that it hit me — this is ending … soon.

Just last month we took our baby to college. Now when I see moms walking their kids to 1st grade I want to stop them on the street and tell them how quickly it will be gone and how important every single math assignment really is. Not because they need to learn that math, but because it marks a moment that will never be again — the moment a little light bulb went off in their heads or a moment of frustration over an assignment that was just more busy work — it doesn’t matter. Both are what life is made of and life is speeding by.

So enjoy today. Enjoy this moment. Meanwhile, my Google Hangout is open in case my baby has time to chat today …

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