I’m a parent of three children. One of them is a nineteen year old boy. I want to share a special parenting moment with you.
My oldest son was home for the Christmas holidays and I wanted to spend time with him rather than just going through day-to-day life. Having some quality time to talk instead of just peppering him with questions felt really important to me.
How do you do that? I have a job, a family, and a life!
I said to my son “let’s spend some time together. What would you like to do?” He replied, “I don’t know.” How predictable is that?
So I suggested we go to Seattle together – he and I for the day. That got his interest.
He went online and researched and printed off different restaurants we could visit. He found wonderful maps for us so we could explore various parts of the city. He was already involved in planning it. We were immediately having great conversations in just organizing our trip.
We had an awesome day. We shopped, we walked all through downtown, we went on the monorail, checked out museums, had coffee, ate great food, got lost, went sightseeing and people watched all in one day.
The best was talking in the car. We talked about jobs he’d love to have, the stress in his life, travel, family, friends, tough moments, good stuff.
This day has fueled us up.
I wanted to share this special day with everyone – a day away, the fun of planning, how an empty space can be filled. Quiet time in a car, alone time together.
A special parenting day.
Bradley and Jennifer
thank you for sharing that. We have those too and call them Mummy and Emma time – just for us! It made the world of difference when she was growing up and is so special now when everything is so busy and we’re able to capture those moments together.
I love your Mummy and Emma time! Thanks for sharing this. These are the moments that make a difference.
Bev