Generations

It is so interesting to see in families what jobs everybody takes to help make their household run smoothly. Some of these jobs are spoken but a lot are unspoken. It is especially fascinating to see when (and to what extent) the children's job is of taking care of their parents.

I know growing up, some of my unspoken jobs with my parents was 1. to tell my dad to turn the turn signal off, especially in the Suburban because it was so soft it could be on for miles and miles without him noticing and 2. to keep a 10-20 on my mom's keys.

In our day-to-day life, when Nora and I head out in the mornings I usually gather everything up that we need, we go out the door and at some point from closing the door to getting to the car I remember that I have forgotten my phone. So I throw everything in the car, run back inside and retrieve my phone. Yesterday was no different, Nora and I got our stuff together, we headed out, I locked the door and Nora turned around and said, in her sweet little voice, "Mama, you got your phone?" True to form I had left it inside charging! I ran back inside, got my phone and thanked my little 2 year old for a job well done! Who knew that it started so young!