Aug 3, 2009

Top 5 moments when I REALLY knew I was a parent-



1) I pushed the umbilical cord off my son’s throat when he was born…by the side of the road.
2) I held my daughter’s ponytail out of her face as she threw up during the middle of the night when she was 5.
3) I slept on the floor by my son’s crib. He did not sleep through the night until he was almost 3.
4) I hugged my crying daughter (oldest) when she got her first period.
5) I lay awake at night worrying about my youngest daughter when she left for Tanzania to work on an AIDS education project in a rural African village.

Posted by Kemuel Ronis

9 comments:

  1. Memoirs of MeannessAugust 3, 2009 at 4:16 PM

    I wish I could add to the list, but I'm not a parent so I'm just going to comment.
    1) Your son was born by the side of the road? Please tell more!
    2) This is why I can never be a parent, I'm horrified of kids getting sick. And kids are always going to get sick! There's no way to avoid it.
    I think this is a great list and many parents will enjoy adding to it. Even if their daughters never went to Tanzania, they will be able to relate.

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  2. Kemuel RonisAugust 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    So of course I had a terrible cold and I had taken every medication known to humankind in a last ditch effort to get some sleep. My son decided that would be a good time to come into the world. We did not make it to the birthing center and instead pulled over at 4:10 in the morning. There was a full moon and I caught him as he was born. He was quiet and calm, took one peek at me and then closed his eyes. I counted fingers and toes and proceeded to drive to the center where the nurse-midwife let me cut the umbilical cord.

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  3. NicoleAugust 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    What an amazing story! It sounds like you have been there for your kids through many trials and tribulations.

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  4. Kemuel RonisAugust 4, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    Nicole,
    Life is certainly interesting!

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  5. The Media ProofreaderAugust 4, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    Sounds great. I can't wait to become a parent.

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  6. RobAugust 4, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    Kamuel... that is an amazing story.

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  7. Jenn FennAugust 5, 2009 at 4:52 PM

    I can only imagine what that must be like !

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  8. TrinaAugust 7, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    Of course, we always have a terrible cold or an important project, or something that we have to ignore or drop at the call of a child. Although your story is more dramatic than most. And how do we know when we've succeeded? They're happy, independent, responsible, self-supporting, and, most important -- good friends to each other and their parents.

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  9. Kemuel RonisAugust 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM

    You're preaching to the choir!

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