{"id":2838,"date":"2011-01-20T23:10:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T03:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2011-01-20T23:10:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T03:10:53","slug":"it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2838","title":{"rendered":"It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This has been an awesome week at school<\/a>. \u00a0I have loved everything about our State of the School, parent meetings, basketball games, wrestling match, Homecoming speeches, chapels, Spring Term meetings, and on..and on…and on. \u00a0I consider it a HUGE privilege to partner with our parents to invest in the lives of their students. \u00a0In fact, just today I was sharing with our Upper School parents the necessity of taking advantage of every day with their kids.<\/p>\n

From the moment a child is born until they head off to college, parents have approximately 7,000 days to navigate with their children under their wing. \u00a0EVERY one of those days matter. \u00a0I was reminding our parents of that today when I was telling them how much we appreciated the opportunity to partner with them in the grand adventure of educating their child. \u00a0And…in that conversation, I was reminded of what an amazing thing it is to be a parent. \u00a0I am so grateful for our daughter and today I had a chance to prove that to her.<\/p>\n

Because of the snow last week and the need to pack the schedule tight this week, I’ve been out pretty late each night this week. \u00a0I’ve eaten dinner with Clint and Emma two nights, but it was a brief time of catching up, wiping Emma’s face, and thinking of what I was headed off to next. \u00a0It was a good opportunity to check in, but definitely not quality time.<\/p>\n

Today I had parent meetings at 8am, 2pm, and 7pm. \u00a0Originally I was just planning to stick around this evening before the 7pm meeting to get a few things done in the office. \u00a0However, I realized that by doing that…I’d be trading it for one of my 7,000 days with Emma. \u00a0Faced with that realization, I knew I could catch up in the office tomorrow. \u00a0It was far more important for me to make sure Emma knows that she matters to me.<\/p>\n

I rushed home after the 2pm meeting and picked her up from her preschool. \u00a0She was shocked to see me way earlier than the normal pickup time and was overjoyed when I told her we were going to grab ice cream. \u00a0I mean..really…before dinner??! \u00a0It was awesome! \u00a0I got chocolate ice cream with butterfingers mixed in. \u00a0Emma got vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles. \u00a0It took forever for her to eat hers because she likes to chew up each sprinkle individually. \u00a0But…the good news was, it didn’t matter. \u00a0There was no where else in the world I had to be…my afternoon was dedicated to having ice cream with my daughter. \u00a0She got it all over her face, on her shirt, and on my pants. \u00a0No worries…that really is the best way to eat ice cream anyways!<\/p>\n

We had a great time. \u00a0I did have to rush out right as our family finished dinner, but I am so glad that I took some time this afternoon to just hang out with my daughter. \u00a0Before I know it, she’ll be heading off to college, meeting some boy, getting married, and moving away. \u00a0I better grab all the ice cream dates I can get! \u00a0I like how I used today’s allotment of time out of the 7,000 days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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