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A reminder to myself 30 years hence
Hi Simon,
If you're reading this then you've made it to being a grandparent. Congratulations! It's a wonderfully
rewarding experience, and you should treasure every moment.
As you have probably realised, parenting nowdays isn't the same as when you had kids. At least
that's what it seems like, right? Well, I wanted to just remind you about a few things from when
you had your kids. Yes, your kids were (and still are) amazing, however:
* Parenting was actually stupidly hard and took everything you had, every day
* Your kids often gave you the shits to the point of wanting to strangle them
* They whinged
* They didn't eat everything you wanted them to
* They hardly slept properly until they were about 4, and
* No, they didn't just fit in with whatever life you thought you should have been able to live
Yours, a loving father, and thoughtful younger self,
Simon
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