Although your time on this earth was way too short
and it seems you had it oh so tough,
I weep for the many questions that were left behind
when your poor tattered body was found.
Were you hugged and kissed and tickled
till you laughed out loud and giggled?
Did anyone wrap you in their loving arms
to protect you from the cold chill of winter?
Did you ever share an ice cream cone
and have someone dot your nose with it
or read your favorite book to you…
till every word was known?
Did you have that special teddy bear,
or, did someone lovingly brush your hair?
Was your first anything recorded?
is your first anything remembered?
Sweet baby, may you rest in the arms of God
who will love you forever…
May you be kept warm and safe
playing, running, giggling…
for eternity.
Dr. D The Parent Trainer
Published by Tamara Dickerson, M.D.
Welcome to my answer to a parenting housecall! I am a practicing pediatrician who has been asked on many occasions to come home with my families. I have been offered wallets (full of credit cards and checks-hehehe!) and even the invitation to, “please take my child for weekend”!
Here is my 21st century version of a house call. This will be as close as I will get to most of you in going home with you. My dream is to provide you some practical and humorous tips to make your parenting journey appear more successful and definitely more enjoyable.
Wisdom Moments is a resource that offers help in those moments when you feel like you are not leading the battle, let alone winning it. In those moments when you just need a little creativity but keep coming up with a blank. When those big ole’ eyes of your child are looking up at you , challenging – are you ready for this?! Instead of gulping and waving the white flag…drop by here for a little bit of parenting encouragement/reinforcement.
Despite the humor I use to share my message, I want to reassure you have heard each request and take them very seriously. What I bring to the table is not only my credentials as an accredited pediatrician, but just as validating is that I, too, am a fellow parent in the trenches with you! So what I have to offer you, I pray, is creative, effective and grounded in truth and reality. This blog will become my way, for now, to be more available to you and to share my parenting pearls. So…a toast to christen this maiden voyage “May we laugh and cry together…may we agree and disagree…may we always encourage each other that our children are worth climbing every mountain, scouring every valley, crossing any desert – to find a parenting pearl that will positively change a course of action for us and them”.
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