The 700 Club
Well, lookie here. This is my 700th entry on Three Kid Circus.
Yeah, it means pretty much nothing to me, either. Hahahaha.
Last week, I was moaning about my inner neurotic mother over on Mommybloggers.com. Today, she was vindicated, and now she is going back in her cage where she belongs.
My daughter cantered, and came away smiling. The level of contentment I feel right about now is, in my opinion, a pretty good indicator of how much living through my kid I've been doing. But still, after a month of hellish regression from my kid, and I was really feeling like I was asking her to do something she didn't want to do. Turns out she overheard me swapping horse horror stories on the phone, and internalized some of the gory details, resulting in a full-on freak-out.
We cleared the hurdle, the decks and the air. She did it, and I"m relieved.
Comments
Excellent work Mom!
Posted by: Karen Rani | November 15, 2006 9:35 PM
You know what though, your inner neurotic mother had a point. When I was a kid my mom never made me finish anything if it was causing me the least little smidgen of mental anguish, and that's disservice to your kid (one that i may be repeating, I don't know). In fact I quit horseback riding lessons because I didn't want to canter. Good for her, and you for sticking it out.
Posted by: Sheryl | November 16, 2006 3:54 AM
yay! good for the both of you!
Posted by: steph | November 16, 2006 6:08 AM
That is actually a hard thing to admit - or to realize.. at least I think it would be, even if you know you're doing it.. which we all know we will at some level.
I would not think the horse horror story would help your cause, no ma'am.
Posted by: holli | November 16, 2006 6:20 AM
Congrats on the 700th post - and, um - so there's something in your software that allows you to keep track of the number of posts? I should probably check that out on my own blog sometime. (I hate technical stuff!)
Posted by: Melanie Lynne Hauser | November 16, 2006 7:03 AM