Well (Five Minute Friday)

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Sometimes we don’t just want to do something well, we want to hear someone say, “Well done.” We spend our lives trying to live up to the expectations of others. We do our very best in an effort to gain approval or praise. I was raised by parents who expected nothing less than our best effort in everything we did. There was no pressure to be the best among our peers, but to be the best we could be. I tried to raise my own kids to compete only against their own best effort. There was no need to feel bad if they didn’t win at swimming, all they needed to do was continue to improve their efforts and beat their own best time. To show improvement was all I asked. When the kids graduated with a four-year college degree in just four years, I was so proud of them. They accomplished something no one on either side of our families had done since their grandfather. Well done, I am so proud of both of them. There are plenty of college degrees in both mine and hubby’s family, but we don’t all get the chance to complete the degree in the time it is meant to take, it is important that they completed at least that much higher education. We expected it of our kids from the day they were born. We think they have both done well and know they will be able to stand on their own long after we are gone. Well done, you have done well and for that, I am so proud, grateful and pleased. Thank you both for being so well behaved. It is an honor to be your parent.

 

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up!
The prompt this week is: Well
The assignment: Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.

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