My husband and I have considered it an important enough parenting goal and have stuck to the script many times over the years. But other times, I swear it was like I was lifted by helicopter out of my body and over the 6-minute soliloquy I was delivering about boxing out before I realized how…
I didn’t know why, of all the things available to me to learn, I chose juggling. I know now that it had something to do with the fact that it would be observed as pretty cool.
We’ve done this one other time. Just him and me. He eventually located my clothes for pick-up, and I left with a receipt for the ones I dropped off. But I have no idea how it happened and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t either.
It felt like I needed a break. It took effort, but I didn’t relent. My answer was meek at first, then gained strength as I practiced. “I don’t know.” Terrifying.
As I explain to my daughters, if you lined up 100 women to display our average height, I would be the 100th in line. If stress is wishing something were different than it is, then whoever figured that out was probably in middle school at the time.
Even though they will tell you it is okay to fall out of the pose, it doesn’t feel okay to fall out of the pose and then onto the ground in a giant, embarrassing thud.
Unscheduled Stop 