Walking into my son's school for a parent teacher conference, I am greeted by rows of tables stacked with overflowing blue bins filled with hats, lonely gloves, sweatshirts, pants and glasses. I wonder: How do kids leave school without their pants? How do you not know your eye glasses are missing? 'Kids are so frivolous,' I think as I work my way through the pseudo swap meet looking to reunite my son with any of his belongings. And as I sift through the dozens of neon colored Under Armour sweatshirts, I start to equate my life to a lost and found. I am always in one of these states either I've lost my patience with one of my kids (usually the same one) or I've found I'm stronger than I think. I stopped to think about what I've lost and found recently. Lost *Desire to work for someone else *Desire to please people/ Need to prove myself to others *Caring what people think about me *Patience with most entitled and uneducated Americans *Respect for Christian Conservatives who judge people under the guise of Christ *Some friends *Judgement of others without true introspection *Need to shield myself from some pain *Weight Found *Inner strength *Family IS the most important thing *Acceptance/Peace with myself *It's okay to be selfish sometimes *New passions and goals *A new depth of love, compassion and understanding *Nothing in this realm lasts forever *Failure is relative *Weight It is so important in life to lose somethings and find others. It's a process of true growth. I never found any of my son's belongings at the school swap meet, but all hope is not lost that half his wardrobe will resurface in time.
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