I didn't appreciated my parents as much as I ought to have when I was younger, because I figured it was just fun to have kids. After being a babysitter, and being exhausted after each job, I have so much more understanding for how hard it must me. Mothers do the running- after- of- children, cooking, cleaning, playing, and shuttling 27/4, and WITHOUT PAY. Not to mention that they gave birth to you in the first place. Wow. Eighteen years of dedication right there, just with a little bundle of joy, who stays around the house for almost two decades. We all take our mothers for granted, and never realize that hard work that they put in every day. And there's really no such thing as a sick day.
When I used to complain that there was never a Kid's Day, my mom would assure me that every day is Kid's Day. I thought that was dumb, but now I see that it's true. Kids are so carefree, so blissfully ignorant, that every day is like a day off for them (us), no matter how much school or practicing or whatever is added in. Half the things my mom told me when I was younger that I thought was complete rubbish is probably something that I'd say to a kid nowadays. So that's the key word for today...again. Perspective!
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