Writer’s Workshop: The Irritating Balls

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Thud!! Thud!! Thud!! and it rolls all over the floor. Ending up in the nooks and crannies around the house. If you are not careful and step on one be prepare to do the split in a second. This sometimes solid or hollow sphere like object sends shivers down my spine when it appears in my living room.

I seriously don’t see what is so fascinating about them. The boys love throwing them and seeing them and bouncing off ground. I’m very fearful when they take out their balls to play as I do not wish to hear a “crash” or “clack” if the ball hits and breaks the TV or the glass PC monitor. The potential damage which this little object could cause makes me insist that the boys take their balls to the room and only play within those four walls. What is it with guys and balls?

Do your kids love playing with balls too?

How do you make the play in their room and not mess up the house?

Jenny Matlock

September 27, 2012

Writer’s Workshop: Symbolic Leaves

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts mama kat's writers workshop, two questions

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Last week while at the Annual Sports Day I took the chance to snap a picture of the fallen leaves which had accumulated on top of the grills of a gutter. Most of the leaves had dried up and started to shrivel.

Looking at the autumn coloured leaves reminded me about how fast time passes by us. From a being a green leaf producing food for the plant to being all withered and falling of the plant once it’s ability to make food has cease a lot of changes have occurred to the leaf. During the short span that it was part of the plant it helped to collect sunlight and convert it into sugars which were transported to the various parts of the plants.

I see the role of the parent like a leaf. We provide the nourishment that our kids need to grow and survive. We aid in their growth and development until the day that we like a fallen leaf leave our children and they have to totally depend on themselves for survival.

Hopefully before we leave this earth we are able to see that our kids have the wings that they need to fly and are living meaningful lives.