The Parenting wire

I think some things are hard wired inside us,, things we just can't avoid. This must be the case because I can't think of any other explanation to describe our strange behavior. One of these hard wires is "The NEED to PARENT." In other words, loving and caring for youngsters to help them grow and reach maturity. This MUST be why little girls and boys need kittens and puppies and young married couples have to get a pet!

Then some become parents of actual human children. We are filled with Love, Excitement, Exhaustion, Fear, all in one amazingly fulfilling package.

Then our children grow up and don't need our parenting like they did. You would think the reasonable thing for sane adults to do at this point is just bask in the enjoyment of REST and RELAXATION!

But this is NOT what we do. Instead, we start the cycle ALL OVER AGAIN and get A PUPPY! Life once again becomes Potty Training, saying No, NO, NO!!! Get DOWN!! NO, NO! NO! Come HERE!!! NO NO NOOO!! Get that OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!! DROP THAT!! NO! NO! NO! We stay home of course and cannot go on long trips because we have to arrange a SITTER? So WHAT HAPPENED to us? Are we CRAZY!???

YES crazy about our new little LUCY, our 7 month old Border Collie!