Project We: Waiting
Webster defines waiting as:
To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart. [1913 Webster]
This, clearly, is not the correct word to use for what my children do – as when they “wait” there is absolutely no “resting” or “remaining stationary”, and clearly, no patience involved:
“Maaaaaaam, when do we get to go?”
“Moooooooommmmmm, how much longer do we have to stay?”
“Mooooooooooooommmmmmm, how many sleeps until Santa comes?”
*sighs*
I think Boo stomped into the sitting room no less than 15 times in 14 minutes asking when it would be HIS turn on the Wii. (I thought I was pretty clear with my “when I’m done” response, but I guess that was the wrong answer.)
And I get it. Five minutes is forever in kid-time. Six months is a lifetime, practically.
It’s easy to forget this, when, as a grown up (or someone pretending to be one), months flash by as if mere days. Time really does fly for us – it seems as if Boo was just cutting teeth yesterday, and now I’m seeing his gummy grin again as he’s losing those same baby teeth.
I think the next time my kiddos are impatient – waiting for a snack, waiting to go to the park, waiting for an airplane – I’ll try to think about how long I waited for them to be a part of my life.
Perhaps it will give me a bit of perspective.
5 Comments
Jean C.
It’s ok. Time is relative. Relatively slow. 😛
Gmom Phyl
And then there is your husband, a man of infinite patience……………………….NOT
Gmom Phyl
Don’t forget, the person not mentioned in this post has never been good at waiting!!
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Georgia Girls
LOVE the smiles!!! And why does time speed up as we get older? Even my elderly mother says its flying right by and she really doesn’t do a whole lot anymore 🙂
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Kimberly
Such a good point that time is relative. Five minutes for us is tiny, but for a little ones, it’s definitely longer!