― Sophocles
The other day, I told one of the key members of my
raising-children village that I might need her help during an upcoming
business trip, but I promised to reciprocate.
Given how much I was going to need her help, I already was thinking of
how many times I could pick up her children and what else I could possible do. "No,
no, no," she said. "We don't
keep track."
It is truly a joint effort -- this parenting
adventure. Life has become increasingly
more complicated: Dads don't come home
at 5 like Ward Cleaver, most of us aren't in the kitchen wearing lovely dresses
and pearls like June, and the children's activities aren't down the street and
over by dinner time. So, we do the best
we can, helping our fellow parents along the way and counting our blessings for
their kindnesses toward us -- especially when their kindness comes without
keeping tabs.
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