Amanda’s Blog!

Hi darling,

You have no idea how much I love and adore you… you are everything to me *ok, I know some pple might think that this is really unhealthy, but this is how it is, stop telling me how I should change my priorities etc etc*

Really really miss those times that I spent with you 24/7 from the day you were born till the day I started work about 4 months ago. My heart still aches very much every morning b4 I leave for work… I esp hate Sundays.. *yes I know I mentioned this umpteen times* but I cant change the feelings I am feeling now.. helped my colleague, Agnes, search for some parenting quotes online and found this really inspirational one:

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.  ~Polish Proverb

This is something that I really have to ponder upon over the next few months… well, another inspirational quote that struck me below:

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I’d do more hugging and less tugging.
~Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

http://www.quotegarden.com/parents.html