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Stop Adulting! Have a Catch!
Adulting sucks! It seriously does! We work hard at our jobs, work hard at home, attend our kids' activities, help them with their homework, mow, cook, do dishes, laundry, take the trash out, pay bills….The list goes on and on! We receive a couple of days off and we have extended family events to attend plus more activities as the chore list continues to build up!
Our son asks if we want to throw a football! How do we answer? Many of us say “I’d love to but let me finish this first”. Finish? Finish what? Are we ever finished as adults? Heck no! We always have something that needs to be done so we don’t fall behind! Why are we doing all of this? To provide for our family? For our family to be happy? Maybe we would all be happier if we just stopped and had a catch! One day our kids will not ask us to have this catch. As we get older it may even become physically difficult to have a catch!
During this catch smile with your kids! Take a second — look at their eyes and facial expressions! Try and feel their emotions! Communicate with them on the same level! Share a common bond! Take some time and be a kid with your kid! Sometimes we get so focused on adulting that we forget how much fun playing in the yard is! You won’t remember the feeling until you give it a real try! Let work disappear from your mind! Screw the dishes, they will still be dirty later! Just stop and…
