A good friend confessed to me the other day that she has missed seeing her daughter grow up because she has been working so hard. I can tell you it is creating a lot of sadness. Do you ever wonder where the years have gone when you look at your children? Have you been working long hours and not taken the time to spend with your children? Do you ever suffer from “Mommy Guilt”?
Yesterday I drove my son to a friends house so that they could both go and play 9 holes of golf at a near by golf course. When we arrived the other boy informed us that he wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t go. The disappointment on my son’s face was very clear. So he then turned to me and asked if I could go with him. My first thought was “no way”, I have too much work to do. Then I caught myself and asked, “could I make it work? What would happen if I took a few hours and whacked the golf ball (poorly I might add) with my son? Made the decision to go with him and I am thrilled I did.
When I thought about it, one of my high values is family, yet if I had made the decision to work and not go with him I wasn’t honouring that very important value of mine.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Ever feel guilty about working and not spending time with your kids?
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