In the pursuit of giving our children what they wanted, M & myself played divide and conquer last Sunday morning.
I took the 3 boys plus one of their friends to the cinema while mammy & daughter played shopping (i.e. walked around, hopefully spending little or, even more hopefully but ever so unlikely, nothing).
And the reason for lack of interest in the cinema on behalf of the y chromosomatically challenged side of the family? Yep it was time to hit Star Wars The Phantom Menace in 3D - yippee, oh yeah Mr Lucas, please let me be the mug to watch something again that we saw in the cinema first time round, then bought the dvd, and the game, and the books, and the toys (for the boys I swear) etc. etc. etc.
So the 11 year old, the ten year old (me!) the two 7 year olds and the 4 year old hit the flics (in fact the average age of any group of men out together never ranges much higher than this anyway).
The is nothing quite like a darkened cinema, blackness, 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....' Baa, Baa, ba,ba,ba, Baa, Baa, ba,ba,ba, Baa, Baa, ba-ba-ba-baa as the storyline moves slowly up the screen.
Anyway, us boys settled infor the long haul, but D being D, K was never far from my mind. As I watched the film I noticed a number of quotes that could be applied to our situation
Quotes (with notes for those galactically challenged)
"You were right master, negotiations were short"
(said after negotiation was non-existent with the Trade Federation) - yep when we found out K was T1D we basically went from ignorance to applying daily injections and understanding carbs faster than double quick time...parents of T1D know that jump in at the deep end feeling......
"There is always a bigger fish"
(2 jedis saved from the fish about to eat them as its attacked by, you've guessed it, a bigger fish)
This quote started me thinking of D - and what I thought of was the fact that, even though at times D saps my soul of joy and hope, there are definitely worse things out there....
There are times when i feel 'why us?' around D, but what I remember from the hospital is that there were many parents there who would have grabbed D with both hands rather than continue on with what they had to deal with.
I dont believe in a 'hierarchy of chronic conditions' but, if we are lucky and if we help her manage it as best as possible there really is nothing K cant do.... during the D darkest hours I always try to remember those other parents......
"I dont care what universe you're from, thats gotta hurt"
K's still on MDI, and 10 finger pricks a day folks????
There were other quotes but i turned off my D-tuner, sat with my boys, and decided to enjoy the rest of the film.....
I took the 3 boys plus one of their friends to the cinema while mammy & daughter played shopping (i.e. walked around, hopefully spending little or, even more hopefully but ever so unlikely, nothing).
And the reason for lack of interest in the cinema on behalf of the y chromosomatically challenged side of the family? Yep it was time to hit Star Wars The Phantom Menace in 3D - yippee, oh yeah Mr Lucas, please let me be the mug to watch something again that we saw in the cinema first time round, then bought the dvd, and the game, and the books, and the toys (for the boys I swear) etc. etc. etc.
So the 11 year old, the ten year old (me!) the two 7 year olds and the 4 year old hit the flics (in fact the average age of any group of men out together never ranges much higher than this anyway).
The is nothing quite like a darkened cinema, blackness, 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....' Baa, Baa, ba,ba,ba, Baa, Baa, ba,ba,ba, Baa, Baa, ba-ba-ba-baa as the storyline moves slowly up the screen.
Anyway, us boys settled infor the long haul, but D being D, K was never far from my mind. As I watched the film I noticed a number of quotes that could be applied to our situation
Quotes (with notes for those galactically challenged)
"You were right master, negotiations were short"
(said after negotiation was non-existent with the Trade Federation) - yep when we found out K was T1D we basically went from ignorance to applying daily injections and understanding carbs faster than double quick time...parents of T1D know that jump in at the deep end feeling......
"There is always a bigger fish"
(2 jedis saved from the fish about to eat them as its attacked by, you've guessed it, a bigger fish)
This quote started me thinking of D - and what I thought of was the fact that, even though at times D saps my soul of joy and hope, there are definitely worse things out there....
There are times when i feel 'why us?' around D, but what I remember from the hospital is that there were many parents there who would have grabbed D with both hands rather than continue on with what they had to deal with.
I dont believe in a 'hierarchy of chronic conditions' but, if we are lucky and if we help her manage it as best as possible there really is nothing K cant do.... during the D darkest hours I always try to remember those other parents......
"I dont care what universe you're from, thats gotta hurt"
K's still on MDI, and 10 finger pricks a day folks????
There were other quotes but i turned off my D-tuner, sat with my boys, and decided to enjoy the rest of the film.....
Isn't it amazing how D can infiltrate even the galaxies far, far away?!?
ReplyDeleteTotally have to remind myself about the 'bigger fish' from time to time. As tough as D can be, there are far worse things that could have us pretty much living in the hospital. Still would LOVE for Bean to NOT have D, but in the grand scheme of things, it's manageable!