Northern Girl Posts on Parenting and Killing Deer
2 Comments Published October 11th, 2006 in children, family, life, relationshipsNorthern Girl has posted on her blog (whaling season) a moving article about her relationship with her teenage daughter. Her writing is refreshingly direct and leaves some haunting imagery as an afterglow. It really resonated with how I feel about my own parenting.
As a parent, sometimes I stop and wonder where the time has gone and how many opportunities I’ve missed to teach my children really important lessons about life. There is always a pang as I think of precious moments wasted. Ultimately, all we can do is try our best and hope that we’ve done enough. Check out this post and let Northern Girl know how you feel about it.
I enjoyed the referenced post on ‘Parenting and Killing Deer’. I am a new parent with a daughter of 6 months and I already think of these things, just hoping I am doing things right or the best that I can. Time sure does fly.
It’s amazing, Chris. So much happens so fast and you don’t even realize it until it’s gone. After a while you gain a sort of perspective as a parent and realize that you just have to do your best. I know it’s a cliche, but that’s really the way life is. If you put forth our best effort most of the time, things will generally come out all right. At least, I hope so…