"Why you leave me"??.......

Mina is camping right now with her school. This will be her second camping trip with her classmates and you think I would be better prepared for it.  After I dropped her off at school I sat in the car and asked my self with a heavy heart.........

WHEN DID I TURN INTO SUCH AN OVERPROTECTIVE MOM? 

When did I start forcing those long drawn out hugs from a little girl eager to go be with her friends? When did those car rides to school turn into...."And don't forget to always stay close to a teacher"? and "Please don't forget to eat and drink lots of water" And My favorite: "I know you would LOVE to sleep on the top bunk but "I"would be SO HAPPY if you didn't....Mmmk"? By the way I slept on the top bunk when I was 4 and Mina is going to be 11 in October.  I try real hard to not  fit into my demography and give into those awful sayings and actions all Moms fall prey too. But really you have no control over it. You think you do but...you don't.....YOU DON'T. 

Just like you had no control giving into that purple dinosaur that makes your child sit still for a good 10-15min (while you do house work of course). Or that red fuzzy monster who (in my husband's opinion) teaches children to speak with a speech impediment.  Or trying to tell them that McDonald's chicken nuggets aren't made with just chicken, so you shouldn't like them.  We have no control. I have no control. And thats ok. 

I will see her Friday evening and she will have so much to tell me. And I will be happy and laugh thinking "Ehh that wasn't so hard" right? So until then sleep tight Mina have fun...........and please sleep on the bottom bunk Mmmmk?                                                                                                                     

~Lisa