It can be tricky to find times to connect with all four of the kids every day, especially the older two, who are so busy with their own lives.
Which is why I get up a full hour before I really have to.
I set the alarm before the sun gets up so that I can wake R. He could set his own alarm, and make his own breakfast, and he’d be out of the house and off to the uni. before the little ones even got out of bed, but he asks me to wake him. Every morning I go down to the kitchen, put the kettle on, then go down to the basement grotto where he has his adolescent den before heading back to my room to get my running stuff on.
We meet at the kitchen table after he has his shower, and we read the paper together.
Very often nothing is said. He’s not much of a morning person. Or a talker.
But words probably aren’t what he’s after.
we need a ‘like’ button’ or a smiley face icon for comments!
yeah…a quick jab on the thumbs up button…i’d go for one of those.
…once you get yourself out of bed early, you can enjoy the quiet morning hours with their special peaceful quality…when we are on cruises, I get up @ 6:00 a.m. and sneak out of the stateroom, which has no window, to enjoy the rising sun and the peacefulness of the early morning hours on deck…then only a few people are up and about…makes for a very special time…
yes, i agree, that’s one of the side benefits to getting up before the rest of the clan. glorious peace and quiet!