The day four assignment for Writing 101 was to write about a loss. I’ve had a lot of loss in my life, from my parents and grandparents to my first marriage and more. Loss is part of life, though not necessarily the most fun part. And sometimes, what we gain more than makes up for what we’ve lost.
Take sleep, for instance. I have children, therefore I do not sleep. Or to be more precise, I no longer sleep as much as I would like.
I no longer have my evenings and weekends to myself, because I’m taking care of little people and shuttling slightly bigger little people to sports practices and piano lessons and birthday parties and all those other fun things that kids like to do.
I no longer have the luxury of privacy, because Cricket and Thumper believe me to be their servant, created solely to give them whatever they want five minutes ago. Apparently when I became a mother, I also became a clairvoyant genie. Who knew?
Despite the sleep deprivation and the loss of my privacy, I wouldn’t trade my kids for anything. I’ve gained so much by knowing them, watching them learn and grow and question, and I love them all so very, very much.
If there’s anything in life more precious than the love of a child, I have yet to discover it. And I’m not sure I want to.
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 
YAY! We love kids. They teach us about what really matters, all over again! XXX 😀
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Indeed, they do. Although right now, I wish I could teach them the importance of quiet. Thumper refuses to nap and, after I finally got him to sleep, Cricket woke him up. *sigh* So much for a peaceful afternoon.
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Of course. Aint that always the way. Hate it when they wake up in rotation. Best of luck, sweetie. XX 😀
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Thumper refuses to nap, so when I finally get him to sleep, it’s a miracle. He’s afraid he’ll miss something.
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That’s beautiful. Your children are very lucky, and so are you 🙂
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Aw, thank you! They are pretty special. 🙂
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It’s so tough that loss is such a part of life, unavoidable but dreadful, sorry sweetie. I too have known loss and it never gets any easier. 😦
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Indeed. The reminders of what you’ve lost are the worst, I think – I keep seeing Lindsey’s dragon all over Facebook and it hurts every time I see it because I want to share things with her or chat…Well, you know how it is. *hugs*
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Absolutely…it’s dreadful. Somehow it was worse, when on her birthday she had messages coming up on her FB from people who clearly didn’t know she passed! Messages like ‘Happy Birthday, and many more! Ugh… Hugs back to you too sweetie. xxx
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I almost looked at her page on her birthday, because it showed up on my feed, but I decided not to. Just too hard.
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I wish I hadn’t but I went on there to wish her a birthday myself, really wish I hadn’t. 😦 She’ll always be missed. xxx
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Indeed she will. *sniffle*
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😦 xxx
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