Worrying...

I would like to confess something... It has been on my mind for a while now and I need to get it off my chest..


I am the worlds biggest worryer... I worry about everything and nothing. My children usually sleep through each night but I am always exhauseted through lying awake each night worrying about their future.

 More recently though I have been worrying that there is too much pressure on our children these days. Mothers are always comparing what their child can do compared to everyone else, I know I do. If a child who is the same age can do something my daughter cant, then I worry...
Is she being pushed enough to learn new things, is she experaincing enough of the big wide world, has she got enough friends in her age group... what more can I do to make sure my daughter acheives everything she wants to in life...

My daughter however doesn't worry about such things.... she is 3 in February next year and at minute her main concern is what presents Santa (or HO! HO! HO!) is going to be delievering down our chimney in a few weeks or what chocolate she will have in her advent calender that morning. She lives life just as it comes every day no worries or doubts or concerns about what lies ahead. Just happily living life and loving every minute.

I really think we can learn a heck of a lot from our children, the way they just love uncondtionally, seeing through everyones faults and just loving them as they are, not willing people to change. Children are our future, and no amount of worrying will ever change the outcome of their lives, no matter how much we wish it would. I know worrying about one of my daughters (or both) having a boyfriend who rides a motorbike will not enhance my life or theirs so why do I do it..?

I cant say I will ever stop worrying but I am going to try and just live each day as it comes, not worrying about tomorrow or what everyone elses children are doing and what milestones they are hitting.

My children are bright, outgoing beautiful little individuals and no amount of worrying has made them that way!