I 'Pause' during cooking dinner and was 'worried' about the kids.....:-(



WORRY

Is there a magic cut off period when
Offspring become accountable for their own
actions? Is there a wonderful moment when
parents can become detached spectators in
The lives of their children and shrug, 'It's
their life,' and feel nothing?

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital
corridor waiting for doctors to put a few
Stitches in my daughter's head. I asked, 'When do
you stop worrying?' The nurse said,
'When they get out of the accident stage.' My
Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little
chair in a classroom and heard how one of my
children talked incessantly, disrupted the class,
and was headed for a career making
license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher
said, 'Don't worry, they all go through
this stage and then you can sit back, relax and
enjoy them.' My dad just smiled
faintly and said nothing.

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime
waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come
home, the front door to open. A friend said,
'they're trying to find themselves. Don't worry,
in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be
adults.' My dad just smiled faintly
and said nothing.

By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being
vulnerable. I was still worrying over my
children, but there was a new wrinkle. There
was nothing I could do about it. My
Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing. I
continued to anguish over their failures, be
tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in
their disappointments.

My friends said that when my kids got married I
could stop worrying and lead my own
life. I wanted to believe that, but I was
haunted by my dad's warm smile and his
occasional, 'You look pale. Are you all right?
Call me the minute you get home. Are
You depressed about something?'

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a
lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another
handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of
human frailties and the fears of the
unknown? Is concern a curse or is it a virtue
that elevates us to the highest form of life?

One of my children became quite irritable
recently, saying to me, 'Where were you? I've been
calling for 3 days, and no one answered I was worried.'
I smiled a warm smile.
The torch has been passed.

Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

Bigbazza wrote:
>
> I 'Pause' during cooking dinner and was 'worried' about the kids.....:-(
>
>
> WORRY
>
> Is there a magic cut off period when
> Offspring become accountable for their own
> actions? Is there a wonderful moment when
> parents can become detached spectators in
> The lives of their children and shrug, 'It's
> their life,' and feel nothing?
>
> When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital
> corridor waiting for doctors to put a few
> Stitches in my daughter's head. I asked, 'When do
> you stop worrying?' The nurse said,
> 'When they get out of the accident stage.' My
> Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing.
>
> When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little
> chair in a classroom and heard how one of my
> children talked incessantly, disrupted the class,
> and was headed for a career making
> license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher
> said, 'Don't worry, they all go through
> this stage and then you can sit back, relax and
> enjoy them.' My dad just smiled
> faintly and said nothing.
>
> When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime
> waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come
> home, the front door to open. A friend said,
> 'they're trying to find themselves. Don't worry,
> in a few years, you can stop worrying. They'll be
> adults.' My dad just smiled faintly
> and said nothing.
>
> By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being
> vulnerable. I was still worrying over my
> children, but there was a new wrinkle. There
> was nothing I could do about it. My
> Dad just smiled faintly and said nothing. I
> continued to anguish over their failures, be
> tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in
> their disappointments.
>
> My friends said that when my kids got married I
> could stop worrying and lead my own
> life. I wanted to believe that, but I was
> haunted by my dad's warm smile and his
> occasional, 'You look pale. Are you all right?
> Call me the minute you get home. Are
> You depressed about something?'
>
> Can it be that parents are sentenced to a
> lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another
> handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of
> human frailties and the fears of the
> unknown? Is concern a curse or is it a virtue
> that elevates us to the highest form of life?
>
> One of my children became quite irritable
> recently, saying to me, 'Where were you? I've been
> calling for 3 days, and no one answered I was worried.'
> I smiled a warm smile.
> The torch has been passed.
>
> Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

Thanks for the 'big grin' A very lovely story to share.

Sky

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