The dictionary lists it under tornado, but what it really means to reference are those two week or greater tapes of manic wonder called school breaks. You may mark the seasons by turn of leaves, fall of snow, springs of love, days of dog...I classify them by length of break. Round these here parts, breaks are a violent outburst, as of emotion or activity.
For a solid introvert, the flurry of sudden, well, presence
in the house is overwhelming enough. Add to it the near-cataclysmic proportions
of bickering, screeching, whining, and all-together nerve-breaking bouts of
"I'm boooooored!", and you've got me on the verge of forced escape to
a happy any other place.
Then again, sometimes the rays of pre-parenting world break
on through. Back then, I thought every moment with the kiddos would be one of
eye-opening candor. Of wondrous appreciation. Of almost obsessive observation.And what do you know?
When we're in the eye of the tornado (say, Day 7), we get away. On a getaway. (Get it?) They've become (to invoke a criminally overused adjective) epic in our family's fun album. Yeah, yeah, we grin and giggle. Is it so surprising to admit those are the moments labeled "best 'uns" in the album? But better than best are the ones where we learn a thing or two - or 20 - about each one of the wee ones to whom we gave life, love, and even last name.
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. ~Fran Lebowitz
Creative play is like a spring that bubbles up from deep within a child. ~Joan Almon
A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan
He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. ~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown
Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever. ~Author Unknown
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way. ~Franklin P. Adams
What good is having someone who can walk on water if you don't follow in his footsteps? ~Author Unknown
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. ~Barbara Bush
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