EmeraldKisses's blog: "My Life"

I wish I could just say the words that’d make everything better. I am one of the blessed ones (or so I thought) to have parents able and wanting to be there for me when there grandson is born, but this weekend makes me question that. I love my mom and know she will never let me go thru any of this on my own. I love my dad but I question his actions. Knowing that he thinks being five hours away is still close enough to make it in time for a birth (if that should happen this weekend) really makes me question is knowledge of pregnancy; it doesn’t always happen by the book!

This is turning into a rant about my dad which I didn’t want it to.

There’s things under the surface other then it being Mother’s Day weekend.

Lets talk about friends and having a social life. Dad has work/coworkers to talk to and be around; I have my coworkers which I often and very thankful for! My mom has family; not to put my family down but sometimes we need more then family. I am much like my mom in the fact that many of the friends we had in high school grew up and moved away with their own families. Mom doesn’t work and dad and her don’t go anywhere to socialize. When dad gets home from work he wants to relax, but mom has done that on and off thru the day. What happened to the days of bowling and volleyball, mom got out of the house and there were other adults to talk to! The weekends are there for a reason! Not saying that’s the solution to the issues going on around me but it has something to do with it; this weekend was just some icing added to the cake.

Don’t just assume something its better to ASK then just guess at what someone is thinking. For example, “what would have to be done for you to go?” Wow, that’s a powerful question to ask; instead of just assuming they just don’t want to. You will be so surprised with what a question as simple as “what’s the plans for tonight?” could do. I got an even better one, “You look nice, are we going somewhere tonight?” WOW, that has bonus points and opportunity written all over it!

Ok I think I’ve gotten that off my chest.

I just hate to see my parents unhappy with each other over what seems like simple things to me.