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FEATHERING OUR NESTS: O-MAMA’s Perspective on SPRING CLEANING

Spring is in the air.  The birds and the bees are flitting around doing their thing…nature abounds.  The birds are feathering their nests and laying their eggs, while the bees are busy pollinating every flower in the garden.  The air is crisp and clean.  Chirping and buzzing fills the air.

Everything seems fresh and new.  So, let’s take a new look at Spring, shall we? The first thing that comes to mind is cleaning. Ugggh.  But, let's talk about the birds and the bees instead...the part of the story that happens...

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I’ve always loved forms and questionnaires…not the medical kind where you have to dig up your insurance card and remember the circumference of your child’s head, just the fun ones.  My sisters and I did them constantly when we were little to pass the time on long car rides—(pre Ipad/pod /everything).  Those forms were fairly basic—favorite color, food, number, animal—but those oh so vital statistics could change a lot as one matured.  We went from pink/cotton candy/#7/ and bunnies to slightly cooler preteen answers…maybe black or green/ pizza or tacos/ the gutsy favorite #13/ and dolphins or dogs or “a great big eagle that I can ride”—a direct quote from one of my more daring and telling entries.

I guess it was all part of finding ourselves…”who am I?” think Anthony Michael Hall in Breakfast Club…who are you?  How do you explain it?...

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I hate to do this to you again, but in my library work wanderings doing inventory, I found this gem of a book, but I don’t think it’s going to be an easy one to track down!  Because of that, I’ve semi-summarized it below so even if you can’t find the book, you can get the gist of it here. 

The bottom line is…everything you say to your kids means I love you, and if you think about it, that’s really true.

Recently I’ve said a few things to my kids that really meant I love you:

“No, you can’t have cheez-its and Hershey bars for snack…why? Because it’s gross and unhealthy and BECAUSE I LOVE YOU and I want you to feel good and happy.”

“No, you can’t go out on the roof…why?  Because it’s a stupid idea and you could break your neck and BECAUSE I LOVE YOU and I would die if you died.”

“No, you can’t go to the movies with a group of...

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