On the way home from taekwondo class last night, Connor (age almost 13) happened to mention that one of his friends spends most of his hours, days, and weeks, completely alone, except for when he is at school. Then Connor mentioned that two more of his friends are in the exact same situation. These parents all had a late-life child (all big families), and the last child is virtually raising himself while the parents move on to their retirement lives. The whole conversation just reinforced for me that we are absolutely doing the right thing adopting more little guys! Otherwise, I'll be in my early 50's when the three teens graduate, and Ben will be the kid who is just left behind. We want to keep the laughter, the lessons, the chaotic dinner around the table every night for Ben.
Good morning - I so feel for those kids! My mom and dad were older parents (Mom was 47 when I was born!) and yeah - Dad passed away when I was 8 so mom was 'on her own' with me. But they were always 'active' with me. My bride and I are also 'older parents' with 6 kids spanning 25 years (the youngest three adopted) - I'm 52 and my youngest with be 3 next month - but were always 'the drivers' - 'the readers' - 'the class helpers' - it's just what you do!
ReplyDeleteGlad for your decisions - thanks for 'getting it'!!
hugs - aus and co.