Time

Our kids don't realize why we spend most of the time working. They don't understand the reason why we need to work. They don't comprehend the concept of paying bills, buying food, paying mortgage, giving them a stable life and all that stuff. Those things are not that important to them. There is only one and the most important thing for them. And that is for you to spend your time with them. And everything else doesn't matter.

And that "Time," I also realize is the one thing that lacks in my life. There is so much thing to do with a working wife and mom of three kids. "Spare time," never existed in my world. But I was raised to believe that there is time for everything, but managing time for me is the hardest. I would love to divide it equally to all the aspects of my life, so equally also, at the end of the day, I could say, I have given all of them the thing they considered most important -- my time to be with them.

Today my son's class will go to the library for their story telling day and also a time for them to explore books and their magic. It will only be for one hour. I may have not a lot of time in my hand but that, I would not deny my son. An hour to accompany him and his class.

So I broke the news to him in the morning, before he goes to school. Saying that I would be there at 9 o'clock. I have seen many facial expression of my son. But not so much as the happiness that he have shown me when I told him the news. He was so excited and told me how grateful he is, for he knows that I don't have time to do it as often as I could.

When I arrived at school, all his classmates were already expecting me and I know he announced my arrival before hand. I felt like a "royalty." But all those things that I felt good, were nothing compared to what my son have felt. He felt proud. He felt proud that I have time for him and he felt proud of himself. And I assure you, he even felt proud for me, proud that I can read for his classmates both in English and French. I wouldn't miss a day or even a second of it.