Wouldn’t it be great to have your kid and your best friend’s kid be best buds too!? How cool is that! My son Andre was born only 3 months ahead of Ellie’s son Nash (who is turning 2 next Saturday). Our pregnancy was not planned at all, Andre is our honeymoon baby while Ellie and her husband Brian have been married for more than 2 years when Nash was conceived. But the problem is… our boys are thousand miles away from each other and have an eleven hours time difference. So the chances of them being best buds are slim.. unless Ellie and her family moved here or we relocate to Texas.
This thought came by when I was chatting with Ellie last night, 11pm here and 10am there. She’s ordering birthday invites over the web while Nash was still as sleep. I really enjoyed chatting with her and sharing our challenges as mothers to our boys at their terrible twos stage. Nakakatuwa lang kasi when she shares her problems with Nash.. I find myself saying.. “I know”, si Andre din ganun!” We are going through the same things at the same time.. from different parts of the world nga lang. But it’s comforting to know that I am not alone and that all kids are born to test their parents limits. Especially in the patience department.
How I wish she’s still here or I am there so we could have play dates, sleepovers, and have someone to talk to about my frustrations on motherhood. I do have friends who are mothers too… but it’s different when it’s your best friend and with our kids at the same age(almost) and gender, she can relate to me perfectly and vise versa. Iba kasi ang growth stages pag lalaki.. delayed sila than the girls, eh most of my friends had girls so I get frustrated when they say that their daughters have been potty trained na or can say lots of word na ...none of which Andre can do at this moment.
That’s why I miss her even more every time we send our goodbyes, goodnights, hugs and kisses emoticons which signals the end of our chat session.
Best Friends Forever with our Boys! Who apparently loves eating watermelon :)
This thought came by when I was chatting with Ellie last night, 11pm here and 10am there. She’s ordering birthday invites over the web while Nash was still as sleep. I really enjoyed chatting with her and sharing our challenges as mothers to our boys at their terrible twos stage. Nakakatuwa lang kasi when she shares her problems with Nash.. I find myself saying.. “I know”, si Andre din ganun!” We are going through the same things at the same time.. from different parts of the world nga lang. But it’s comforting to know that I am not alone and that all kids are born to test their parents limits. Especially in the patience department.
How I wish she’s still here or I am there so we could have play dates, sleepovers, and have someone to talk to about my frustrations on motherhood. I do have friends who are mothers too… but it’s different when it’s your best friend and with our kids at the same age(almost) and gender, she can relate to me perfectly and vise versa. Iba kasi ang growth stages pag lalaki.. delayed sila than the girls, eh most of my friends had girls so I get frustrated when they say that their daughters have been potty trained na or can say lots of word na ...none of which Andre can do at this moment.
That’s why I miss her even more every time we send our goodbyes, goodnights, hugs and kisses emoticons which signals the end of our chat session.
Best Friends Forever with our Boys! Who apparently loves eating watermelon :)
