Ooo, I make it look so easy...

Last Sunday I received a compliment from a neighbour I do not know. She stays at the next block on the ground floor. I was heading home with Lyra and hubby (Lucas was at a class) and we passed by her house. She said hello and commented that she really admired me. That she was impressed at how I would carry Lyra and pull Lucas along when we head out, without any extra help. She said very few parents in this era would do that.

I should be proud of myself. :) It is not the first time someone told me this. One of my friends had once commented that I 'pressurised' her cos I make it look so easy and yet she didn't find it easy at all to cope with her kid. She was practically under house arrest by her baby. And she admitted that she got quite sick of me telling her that she is capable of bringing the baby out and that it wasn't difficult. She had found it insurmountable. Needless to say, she seldom dates me.

I guess I made it look easy. At times I feel the same fear about how I will manage. Some times many thoughts of "what ifs" will haunt me just before I make a journey out. But I didn't want to be housebound and 'what ifs' is really not my style. I like to "just whack and see how". In a way, it's good cos I'm learnt not to be stressed about bringing the kids out or if I need to be alone with them. I think far too many parents sweat the small stuff. Go with the flow,... what's the worst? Like one of my friends shared, at most, the kid goes home with a diaper full of shit. She brings only 1 diaper change and at times completely forgets to bring any.

I think this phylosophy applies to work and life as well. Why worry about the 'what ifs'? There's no way to anticipate all pit falls so just whack lah.