Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Pinball Parent

Pinball parent
bouncing off bumpers
racing
to fro back
up down over
jerked around
never saw that one coming
scoring high then
gutter balling my eyes out
flipped around
by
flippin’ teenagers
until I
pull the plug

Patricia Spreng

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8 comments:

  1. whew...parenting can sure feel that way..a little out of control and all over the place...

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  2. great post abt the diffulty of parentiing and a reminder to take time for yourself.

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  3. not easy....life is too busy and to over scheduled ...

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  4. They're at the speed of light at that age and then they (and you) crumple. Keep 'em fortified, and talk a lot even when they don't want to. I found a lot of it sticks. Conveyed the times here very well. Thanks, Gay

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  5. Ha. At least it didn't TILT. Loved it and encourages me, yikes. Good job.

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  6. Oh rats, Henry... I forgot the tilt! Yes, I was quite tilted that day!

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  7. Too fun... that's is how it is. Nice capture.

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