How can I miss you if you don't go away

11 Comments

I read this on a t-shirt once and it was worn by a young adult. I have never forgotten it.
She obviously meant her boyfriend or someone’s boyfriend.

Sometimes I think about it with parenting. Parenting is all or nothing. There is not often an in-between. Unless you count work. And for most part, work is not leisure, it is a necessity.
When you get that break, you are wondering whether to knock a few jobs on the head or just relax.

I am home most nights of the week with my children. My husband may be home late from a meeting or work drinks. I don’t have that luxury and that is fine. Tonight I am between work and dinner and I miss my family so much!

Part of me wants to go home and be with them, the other part says “Hey, you’re out, enjoy, make the most of it.!’ Luckily the latter part will win and I will have a fabulous time at dinner.

My children are a piece of me and when I am away from them, a piece of me is missing.

Posted by deb_gs, 30th April 2015

11 Comments

- - BellaB said
  - 31 May 2016
    12:58 pm
It’s a real tug of war, isn’t it?

- - JessyJade190490 said
  - 11 Nov 2015
    4:04 pm
So hear you… Our children were literally apart of us mums once =P I hope you did enjoy your night out and have had another night out, or 2, or a few since =) Every mum deserves a break!!
I have heard this saying before.
Bit of a funny, my partner use to work away 2 weeks and was home 1 week. Well for the past year he has been home every night (well, mostly), and my oh my I wish he was working away again!! =P he is driving me up the wall lmao, I wish he would work away again so I could miss him bahahaha

- - mom81879 said
  - 14 Sep 2015
    12:37 pm
I can totally relate to that. We create them and they become a part of us. Our lives are intricately intertwined. I love my kids so much and just can’t imagine life without them, even if I do think I need a break

- - maryphilip said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    11:07 pm
I so want to go out with my friends and I haven’t done that since having my baby 9 months ago. I feel guilty even thinking about it……but this article made me think….Thanks for sharing it.

- - EllenG89 said
  - 03 May 2015
    5:29 pm
What a powerful statement and one we can all relate to in one way or another. I hope in the end you did have a wonderful night

- - jenniw said
  - 01 May 2015
    3:13 pm
It is so true in the case of your children – they are never truly away as they are a part of you

- - BellaB said
  - 01 May 2015
    2:36 pm
Yes, I’ve often laughed at that slogan (I don’t think it’s exclusively aimed at boyfriends).

- - nictate said
  - 01 May 2015
    1:33 pm
I miss my family when I am not with them too. Lucky for me it’s not often

- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Apr 2015
    11:52 pm
It is normal to miss kids; but also good to do other things too.
- mom57522 replied
  
  08 Jun 2015 , 10:16 am
  Agreed. It’s nice to other things besides mothering sometimes.
- - smiles said
  - 30 Apr 2015
    11:41 pm
I totally agree with you. I miss my kids when I have to leave them which is not often but still. I guess that’s where the saying absence makes the heart fonder