So the word prompt this week is Teach. As a homeschool parent it seems somedays my life is filled with teaching. The teaching has changed over the years as age and time have moved us along. So intense and hands-on in those early years, and sometimes “head beating against brick wall” in the middle years. I am finding now in the teen years it’s more talk and discussion, and pointing of talents, and things to work on.
Age and Time
They say the
terrible twos
will tax your very soul.
The pains of
Growing up to five
Tears a mother’s heart.
Eight year old
with questions hard
busy running testing too.
Twelve years old
some attitude arises
Pushing back as hormones rise.
Seventeen so ready
to leave, to roam
and sail the seven seas.
Age and time
teach mom and child
Dad too, if truth be told.
Patience required
throughout time
Giving space, direction too.
At twenty-five
some lessons learned
Asking help more often heard.
The thirties and the forties
hit with laughter
about the kids.
Then soon enough it starts
a third generation
as age and time progress.
Additional thoughts
Solomon mentions in the bible about how there is a time and place for everything under the sun. A season to plant, a season to reap, a season for joy, a season for sorrow. EVERYTHING has a time. Things rise and fall. One sees this in parenting as well. Though the ebb and flow, the age and time, as our children mature, and then eventually, it all starts again. Watching, learning, seeing, teaching. A season for it all. It can be so interesting to watch don’t you find? j
Hard sometimes to be in the thick of it all. But growth happens to both parent and child. Stretching and learning.
It is for sure stretching, and a fascinating journey. Grateful for the beauty in each stage. Thank you, Annette!
oh there is beauty in each journey…. we just need the eyes to see it! 🙂
Never did I have a child,
and it’s a good thing, oh my word,
for the kid would have been sorely trialed
by having Dad with Brain of Bird
who’s having trouble mastering
this phone (such part of normal life),
and is tempted now to pestering
for help, his kind and patient wife
whose tolerance might grow quite thin
if woken in these wee small hours,
and whose wrath would not begin
to be assuaged by cards or flowers
when she saw that my mistake
was one even a chimp won’t make.
You made me laugh Andrew!
The passing of time is so beautiful and brings us ever closer to the end goal of eternity with God. You wrote a beautiful poem today that shows that passing of time.
Thank you. 🙂
Here’s to a great school year ahead!!
oh indeed Jennifer, I hope it’s a good one!
What a fun and touching review of the growing up process. I always said that every age was my favorite age, and I think it’s still true. So much to learn and to teach at every stage in the journey.
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thanks Kym! 🙂 every age has it’s joys doesn’t it?