How Do You Still Have Fun?
For many single parents, yours truly included, the stresses of life are often so heavy that we forgot how to let go and laugh — even if it’s just for a short window in our day.
This week, the Biologist got a hold of a bike for me (thanks to his roommate for giving me her old bike!). I hadn’t been on a bike for over a decade. I was getting breathless trying to run after Mae every day, as she rolled down the sidewalk.
On Mother’s Day, Mae and I went for a short mother-daughter ride. I was wearing the new red dress I’d splurged on — my Mother’s Day gift to myself — and my boots. Of course, I was wearing my silver helmet, too. And the Shrinky Dink necklace that Mae had made for me, that said, “Mommy.”
Mae turned to me with a smirk: “Mommy, you look so silly. You look like you’re going to get married, and you’re riding your bike to your wedding.”
“Hey, that’s a great idea!” I teased. “Would you be my flower girl and ride next to me?”
“No!” she barked. “You are not getting married.”
And so it went. But still, I had fun.
Do tell: How do you have fun?
It could be something as simple as singing loudly in the shower — or as adventurous as surfing.
