Today

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“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” – Buddha

Potty training is really getting my goat. A month in and we mostly have successes but the failures are memorable! It’s unpredictable, impossible for me to control (which seems to be most of the battle) and creates a lot of laundry.

I catch myself thinking, “Pretty soon we are going to be through this and then life will be great.”

Which I think will be true. Especially if I remember how to savor today.

Because I think is how we wish our lives away and as a parent, how I could wish my kids’ childhood away. Waiting for the thing we don’t like to stop and THEN we’ll be good. Or waiting to lose 10 pounds, reach a milestone or be better at meditating – anything I reflexively put between myself and my experience.

Returning to today – we still laugh and learn every day, and I still love my kids to pieces every day. Yep, every time I leave, I just need to come back from my visit to the future and love today. And also I need to buy more laundry detergent.

32 thoughts on “Today”

  2. Thanks for sharing this post with us, Wynne. Great points. I remember hearing Eckhart Tolle a few years ago say the following, which has served as a great reminder for me ever since: “The next moment isn’t going to better than this one.” Oh, how the mind and the little “i” hate that thought!

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  7. We potty trained my granddaughter later than “normal” due to her chemotherapy treatments, but like all kids, they eventually learn how to do it! Every kid has their own timetable! 😬😬

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    1. Oh, what grace to allow her to only have to go through one of those things at a time. Thank you for the reminder that every kid has their own timetable and eventually will learn how to do it. I love hearing that.

      And I love knowing your granddaughter continues to thrive as a cancer survivor!

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  8. Potty training is the worst. I hated it. But I hear you on not wanting to wish your kids’ childhoods away either because you will miss it one day.

    I always tell my T he’ll be paying me back one day and changing my diaper when I’m old and incontinent. 😆

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  9. You make an excellent point here, Wynne! This reminds me of a country music song that I enjoy called, “You’re gonna miss this” by Trace Adkins. I imagine one day you will look back on your kid’s childhoods and really miss that time (and yes, even the potty training!). The hard days make the good days more special. Have a beautiful day! ❤

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  10. Haha exactly! Funny thing, I just wrote a post and made a video about the joys of honouring the present, because time is love. I hadn’t posted yet, because it’s so personal and that’s an uneasy place for me, but your post is motivating. Not the potty training, but you know, the other part. 😁 And fear not, they will eventually be fully trained. In the meantime your strategy to stack up on detergent is a good one. 😆 Have a great day Wynne!

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    1. Ha, ha, – not the potty training but the other part! 🙂 Oh, the personal ones that are close to the heart. I know what you mean, Alegria. I have a post or two that is in that territory and sometimes I just have to let them sit there until they are ready!

      And thanks for the reassurance about the potty training. Okay – I’ll just enjoy this time until we are through! 🙂

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  11. “And buy more laundry detergent.” Ha! I’d been wondering how the pt was going. Since I hadn’t hear anything beyond that it was getting better, I assumed it was all good. I’m sorry to hear otherwise. :/ We had so many false starts with our kids. It all boiled down to finding the right time when it flowed (no pun intended), and was suddenly easy. For Joe, it was when he turned three. Another friend had said 3 was the sweet spot. Turned out she was right, at least for him. I know others do it earlier, but waiting a little later made the whole process much simpler in the end. Not sure if that helps at all.

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    1. What great wisdom, Betsy. That’s interesting that 3 is a sweet spot. Hmm, Mr. D is a few months shy of that. He’s getting it – but the daycare thing makes it hard to nail it consistently given that it takes a lot longer to get to the bathroom there. But those teachers are saints let me tell you… 🙂

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