{"id":7071239,"date":"2026-10-01T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7071239"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:05:24","slug":"a-purer-source-wit-and-spit-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7071239","title":{"rendered":"A Purer Source \u2014 wit and spit up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5418a7f3e4b092e5551b2c3e\/1599763486841-GY10YPLRNRTMRL1ILN7A\/shutterstock_1535906525.jpg?format=1500w\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I no longer read the news. I\u2019ve actually been banned from it&#8211;a direct order from my therapist. I got into a bad habit of waking up, scrolling through, and stopping to read whatever tragic event transpired while I was sleeping. I\u2019d feel my anxiety kick in, along with the overwhelming feeling of impending doom. As it turns out, this is not a healthy way to begin the day, while caring for 3 small children. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We are already living out the repercussions of destructive leadership, I don\u2019t need to invite it into my mind every morning. Instead, I let the sounds of my daughters dictate the direction of our day, aiding only to nudge them (and myself!) back towards gratitude when we fall off course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">These mornings I\u2019m barefoot in the kitchen sipping on cold coffee, throwing puffs towards my toddler, locating my 4-year-old\u2019s toothbrush, and calling out bribes to my 6-year-old to stay sitting at the computer. In all the AM kerfuffle, I still get to hear the news, it just comes from a much purer source\u2014in the form of a 1st\u00a0grade Zoom meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Teacher: \u201cCan someone share one thing in their house that\u2019s blue? I see so many friends sitting nice and quietly. \u201cSuzy\u201d, hit unmute and tell us what you found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Suzy: No sound, because she\u2019s still muted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Teacher: \u201cSuzy, press unmute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Suzy: Still no sound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Teacher: \u201cTry again, we cannot hear you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Suzy: (Dad comes over to assist. Suzy is holding a blue object&#8211;doesn\u2019t acknowledge it.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cMy Dad told me not to share this because it\u2019s private. My mom got out of the shower and wasn\u2019t wearing clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Teacher: \u201cYou\u2019re right, that is private. Tell me about your blue item in your hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Suzy: \u201cI take bathes not showers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Teacher: \u201cLast chance to tell us about your blue item.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Suzy: \u201cI usually don\u2019t wear clothes, unless I take a bath with my brother, then I wear my bathing suit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The meeting goes on like this for 45-minutes. 15, 6 and 7-year-olds and their gloriously innocent oversharing. I marvel that their logic always follows a zig-zagging path, eventually and inevitably tracing back towards losing a tooth, showing us their dog, or that one time they swam at a hotel pool. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I\u2019m not sure what I was expecting to hear, as a former teacher, one of the main perks were these pure nuggets of delight. I think I worried all they would have to share are the struggles from the pandemic, since that has literally been every adult conversation since March. But children would rather tell you about that one-time Grandpa farted in the car, than complain about wearing a mask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">How unbelievably refreshing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As parents, it\u2019s our job to cleanse the parts of our reality that are too toxic for our children. Just as I needed to filter out the negative noise in the news, I should take a page out of Suzy\u2019s book, and go back to the simple joys of bath time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We show them the tough parts they can handle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">And they show us the very nature of resilience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We carry the weight, even though it\u2019s too heavy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">And they keep reminding us to laugh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer read the news. I\u2019ve actually been banned from it&#8211;a direct order from my therapist. I got into a bad habit of waking up, scrolling through, and stopping to read whatever tragic event transpired while I was sleeping. I\u2019d feel my anxiety kick in, along with the overwhelming feeling of impending doom. 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