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March 23, 2007

In this issue:
A MASTER PARENT?
SWIM DIAPERS!  SPRING IS NEAR!

A MASTER PARENT?
The most successful people in the world are those who have found their passion.  Then they practice it.  And then they practice some more.  And they keep practicing.  Even if they have done the thing for 50 years, they still practice.  Every time they practice they learn something new even if they are doing to same thing 20,000 times.  I guess you could say that a successful person may never see themselves as a master of their specialty.  It’s the journey that’s most important. 

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve told my children to close the back door when they go in or out, flush the toilet when they are done, close their mouth when they chew, I love you.  Each time I say it I can learn something more, something new.  Each moment is unique.  We can transform the mundane into an opportunity if we are open to the experience. 

My husband and I took a class last year to help us deal better as parents.  It worked for a time and then it didn’t.  What happened?  We forgot to practice.  We expected that after a time, everyone would understand our expectations, our wants and fulfill them.  Meaning, we expected our children to do everything we said the first, or perhaps second time, and make our lives easier.  Um, well, not so much.  I even found myself saying, “I’ve tried it this way for how many months now here I am saying it again” and then I was yelling, and then kids were unhappy and it was a spiral right back down to where we were before. 

So what now?  Practice.  Will I ever be a master parent?  The idea is laughable, hysterical, a satirical gold-mine.  No, I’ll never be a master parent.  I will always be practicing.  I will focus on the journey and keep the final goal in mind.  I will try and then I will try again.  Why?  That’s what I want my children to do.  A few months?  That’s a drop in the bucket.  I certainly couldn’t “master” the piano in a few months and I’m certainly not going to master parenting in a few months.  I can learn to live with my children and I can learn to communicate with them and I can learn to listen to them.  With my eyes and my ears and my mind open, I may encounter some pretty marvelous things. 

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle

Swim Diapers!  Spring is near!
It’s true!  It’s glorious!  It’s amazing!  Spring is not only near, is here!  There are shiny little green leaves on the trees and beautiful white and pink blooms too!  The leaves of the lilies are poking up!  And the grass is no longer brown!  Yes!  After a long, cold, overwhelming snow-filled winter Spring is so very welcome at our house!  And we are so ready.  The kids in swim lessons (in an indoor pool, it’s still chilly!) and loving it. 

My baby Kait is out of diapers during the day, which is a story in itself, but at the pool she wears a swim diaper.  These are the early days of potty learning so I’m not ready to let her jump in the water and leave something behind! 

The Diaperaps Swim Diapers are fantastic!  They were created by parents and are used and recommended by swim schools around the globe.  The prints are adorable.  They can be worn alone in the pool as a suit or under a swimsuit, whichever you prefer.  Check ‘em out today and get out to enjoy that warm sunshine!

And that my friends, is THE INSIDE POOP!

 In the next edition of THE INSIDE POOP!...
I’ve been weaned!

Copyright 2007 Heather Ruch/Diapers and Wipers.

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