The second wave: UPDATE.

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This feels like yesterday.

 

I didnt plan to post today.

It’s the last day of school & Ren Man and I are spending the day sweating frolicking outside with the kinder-crowd.

Im pretty excited as last I heard there will be hula-hoops, Skip Its, jump ropes and dancing involved.

Ive been tasked with procuring, slicing & bringing watermelon.

After an entire school year with me the Room Mother is highly aware my skills lie NOT in baking or crafting.

And this is a great thing.

This is more my skillset:

 

It's on my resume, too.

But Im digressing.

Which around here is so common place I long to call it gressing.

Which I realize makes no sense.

I had no plan to post today — until yesterday morning at the bus stop.

As usual the Tornado kissed Ren Man and me goodbye, asked if we would stay for the second wave, & climbed happily on the school bus.

She loves her some school bus.

 

We made idle chit chat with the other parents (all of whom I think now feel compelled to stay & wave after reading my post.  oops and *thats* a blog post for another day, too.) and waited as the bus did its loop and drove back past us.

We watched as the bus drove toward us & laughed about the wave & the fact we were never really sure our kids were even paying attention.

This time, however, we knew immediately our kids were watching & for certain they saw us.

This time the *entire* bus had moved to the side where we stood and every.single.kid.waved back at us.

Hands flailing. Out the windows. Major waving action.

For reasons I cant even entirely put into works this touched my heart.

Heck, even as I type this I’m getting a little misty eyed.

It has been one hundred and sixty two days since I vowed to spend 2012 living my priorities.

Some days Ive succeeded.

Many days Ive fallen short.

Yesterday, in that one brief moment with all the kids waving, I felt as though Id succeeded.

As if we’d all succeeded.

Those kids on the bus knew we’d stayed, we’d waited, & they were our priorities.

I dont yet know what form my ‘second wave’ will take over the summer.

I do know, however,  I will stop, wait, & make the time for it.

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  2. Life is prioritizing.
    Right now I’m single and I am my priority, but I look forward to being a mom like you are.

  4. I remember being annoyed you closed the comments on your second wave post 🙂

    I just wanted to share how profoundly this impacted how I parent.

    I was rushing and I am now slow.

    Many hugs to you and the Tornado.

  8. I’ve thought about this since you posted.

    My second wave is making time for my boyfriend & listening.

  16. Carla – I so love that you posted about this! We are all busy but I hope some can learn from it & if they can do it & I know some can’t but if you can – do it. Before you know, you are old & thinking back on those little things that are SO HUGE in the scheme of life!

  18. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I adore this post. You truly make me even more excited to be a Mom. You are a wonderful role model. Heart!

  21. This made me a little teary eyed! I just love how you are seeing life through the tornadoes eyes and all the wonderful life lessons she is teaching you.

    Even better is the fact that you are sharing those life lessons with the rest of us so we can all be reminded about whats really important in our daily lives.

  22. Sheesh Miz!! Now I gots the mistyeyes too!

    That was really sweet though – I love it that ALL the kids wanted to get in on that second wave action. 🙂

  24. I got goosebumps as I read the part about ALL the kids waving…your little Tornado is an influencer too 😉

    And something else that I really needed to hear: “Some days Ive succeeded.
    Many days Ive fallen short.” ‘Cause that’s really what’s all about…being okay with the days we’ve fallen short. Not that you said you were okay, but I *felt* it.

  26. WOW! I love the second wave! So touching and amazing.

    Didn’t she just start the school year yesterday? Time is flying…please make it stop 🙂

  28. this made me cry.

    look how young she looks! I swear kinder took 5 years!! lol

    can’t wait till I can experience all of this enjoyment. 🙂

  29. Oh, my stepgirl’s last day of Kinder is next Monday. I am right behind you … and her every step.

  30. Can’t wait for the post about your actions compelling others to do the same! Isn’t it great when you influence people positively? (unless, of course, they’re just doing it out of guilt…)

  31. Nice! It is days like the one you describe that make all the hard ones worthwhile. You are a great mom.

  33. I’m picturing this bus full of kids madly waving and I think it’s adorable! Thanks for sharing and bringing a smile to my day. 🙂

  35. Nice to know there are still kids out there being parented and loved. I see those who aren’t-and it’s heartbreaking in middle school to see what they have become.

  38. All I have for you is this…

    D’awwwwwwwwwwwww. (super cute!)

    I know you will have a fantastic summer with the soon-to-be-first-grader.

  40. How adorable! I don’t have any children yet, but I can imagine how proud and loved you must have felt in that moment.:)
    And, as a complete side note, having a lot of watermelon on hand is not a problem to me!

  42. I’m a fairly new mother … I have 19 month old twins, and I spend my days attempting to prioritize. I’m far from perfecting it. Your dedication to live your priorities is beyond admirable and something I can only hope to achieve one of these days. Thanks for being such a great role model 🙂

  43. Hugs! Tomorrow is my oldest boy’s last day of kindergarten. I am charging my camera (and phone) and ready to pohto bomb my IG feed and blog with emotional photos too… <3

    They DO grow up so fast!

  44. I heart this.

    And as my few remaining days of the school year (aka days I can get stuff done not at midnight) are filled with end of year school activities, I remind myself that my kids are my priority. Projects can wait.

  50. I have to admit that since you first mentioned the skipit, months ago, that I have desperately been looking for one. I want one sooooo bad! I several as a kid and wore em out ten times over. Where did you find one? I checked online and can only find a fake knock off version just a flimsy little thing.

  51. Catching up on reading posts and your words just made ME tear up, Miz! What a neat moment for you and the other parents…to feel loved is such a valuable thing and I love that you and now the other parents are displaying that by being present and not driven by your own agendas…You are impacting a community and kids’ lives! 😀

  52. That is so great. One or maybe a few kids on that bus didn’t have a parent do a first wave, let alone a second. Seeing you there waving at them probably started their day a little better than it would have been.

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