“All you have time for is more than enough.”
But you got the job done.
Imagine how many slices of the whole-grain bread the kids complained about.
How many lost containers.
And how many times youll have asked them to clean their lunchboxes when they got home.
Heres what may surprise you about all of this: Youre going to miss it.
Heres why I know.
Recently, our nephew came to stay for a few days.
Hes 15 now and like most teenage boys, he wanted little to do with his auntie.
As you know, that hastily wrapped sandwich may be all you’re able to manage some days.
Sometimes youll have more bandwidth, though, and can manage morethoughtfully made meals.
Those are the lunches youll miss making the most.
Heres what else youll miss.
The riddles or math problems you scribble on a notecard and tuck somewhere the kids cant miss.
Which brings me to this: all you have time for is more than enough.
Packing lunches and parenting is hard.
You dont have to make a perfect lunch or be a perfect mother.
Youre doing a good job.
