Tonight, finally, my daughter told me she’d been working on her Christmas list. Hooray! Yes! Something for me to go by.
As I went down her list #7 popped out:
DS games, You, Just dance... HEY! WAIT A MINUTE...
Line #7 read YOU
So, I looked over at her and said “Me? You want ME for Christmas?”
“Yes!” She replied, reaching her arms to grasp me.
Slightly bewildered, slightly saddened and slightly happy, I asked, “What does that mean? Does that mean you want to spend more time with me?” To which she cheered, “Yes! I’d love it if we could spend more time together!”
Being a parent, we all feel guilt now and then about how much time we get to spend with our children. Speaking for myself, I believe single parents feel it even more. Then throw in entrepreneur and you have a whole lot of work to do in a small window of time.
I spend the majority of my “free time” with my daughter. We play games, we do crafts, we travel about the city and on and on.. I also try to limit the amount of attention I give to my iPhone, my computer and baking. However, when there is a deadline, my daughter knows that work must get done.Christmas, for as busy as it always is, will forever be a time for family to me. And I will raise my daughter to hopefully feel the same.
This Christmas, I feel that I lucked out! A Christmas list which asks for more “you time” is just fine by me and fits well into the budget.
