Changing lanes....

It is only 10 pm, and my eyelids are heavy with the weight of the days activities --begging me to let them close.  Long gone are the days where i could get my kids to sleep and then i'd look forward to the next 3 hours or so to energetically tackle all the things i had to set aside earlier. Now, I find the tides turning:  my kids are the ones eager to stay up later, with the energy I vaguely remember having, and i am the one longing for my blankie and pillow.  I don't even feel the desire to correct my grammar here.  Odd, but I never realized how subtle the lane changing would come. My babies are only ten, but they are such real people already.  Without much urging I find them assuming responsibilities--which is a relief because I am looking to release just as many.   I'd like to write more on this but I fear I may need tucking in by my kids here soon, as days seem to be passing like years.  It reminds me of the wonderful book, "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch.  If you have read it to your kids, then you should now read it to your folks.  Let them know you will always be there.  Have your kids sit and listen while you do this --teach them how to be adults who care, by being adults who care.  Read it while you can.