I just watched Whitney do an ROTC interplay competition with the military parade; it was incredible. Three hours out in the beautiful spring sunshine here in Austin - it is a gorgeous day and one could not ask for better weather. I do not begrudge my daughter the three hours that I sat in the sun on bleachers for her, nor do I begrudge getting up every Saturday morning early for the last two months for her - it is part of the privilege of being her mom. If I can say anything to inspire parents of young children it is to get involved with what your children are doing, put the time into them at the beginning because if you don't, you will end up putting time in at the latter part but not necessarily in the way that you want to. Let me explain. When Melanie and Kaitlyn were little and I became a single working parent, me being a part of their extracurricular lives was not always possible. I did what I could. I did not abandon them nor did I just not go. I...
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