Caution

Becoming a mom made me much more cautious. I used to have a dream of going sky-gliding but when I got pregnant with Archer I knew I would never go sky diving. I never had a problem flying in an airplane before. It makes me nervous now. And David told me that the circus was in town and his nephews rode on an elephant this past weekend. When I heard that, the first words out of my mouth were, "Our kids are never doing that."

Since when am I so worried about things? I know the plane I'm on won't crash. I know that elephants that go crazy and rampage through the city tossing people left and right are in the minority, its not something that happens every day. But parenthood is about assessing the risks to your family, and not ending up on the evening news for people to say, "Why would she let her kids do that?" Its my job to be on the cautious side with my kids, and with my own activities, too, because they're counting on me.