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How to be the worlds best parent while traveling?  take it a day at a time.

Earlier in the day I wanted to start out by saying something like: Even if you strive for simplicity traveling with kids can be crappy, but you will see I came back to my senses.

Today we only drove four hours but we left Victor, Idaho a little late.  Ramona was crying the whole time I was getting packed up and Coralie refused to come get ready when we wanted to leave.  On the way, it seemed like we were moving so slowly because of traffic, construction and stupid stops:  I dropped my apple, two gas stations because one only took cash and two bathroom stops in five minutes.  Then, I started getting sleepy and sad we were leaving good friends behind while Coralie started asking me ridiculous questions I did not have the patience to answer

Now that it is 8: 30 and that both girls are already asleep I feel that trips with children are absolutly wonderful.   Even though Ramona has a 100 fever,  we got to the hotel at 3:00, swam, ate a great meal and tried to go for a walk to pick up treats. The sky suddenly looked scary, the cars did not let us cross the street so we turned around and went back inside.  My great daughters just went along with it and were just happy to jump around the ornamental rocks surrounding the hotel.   We talked about what it meant to be ' caught in the middle of it'  and 'stranded'.  

So it is just like yesterday simplicity is what is needed when dealing with kids and taking it one day at a time.  During one of my conversation with my friend Susan that we were just visiting we both laughed hysterically at the fact that we women tend to be able to create drama out of nothing or that we create anger, frustration and pain out of hard situation instead of taking it a day at a time the way our husbands do.  This husbandly habit makes us go crazy because they don't want to talk about all the details surrounding what is making us angry, yet sometimes it is a much better solution than starting to dramatize the fact let's say that your child has a fever and that you are alone with her in a hotel room.  Going crazy about it is not going to solve anything or give you energy to care for your child.

As I write this I also have to think of my friend Anika who delivered a baby girl- Makala- on Friday.  She was born by emergency C section and weights only 1.9 pounds.  I spoke to Anika on the phone and she was calm, composed and so full of love and hope as she was driving home from the hospital while leaving her little baby at the hospital.   It is taking all of my internal powers to stay composed at this news and to also stay here instead of flying out to help out my friend. Yet, here is Anika talking to me on the phone laughing and truly living a day at a time, hopeful, and realistic.

 

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