Life as Lou

Scientific Research

• August 25, 2012 4:47 pm

Having a family is a lot like doing scientific research.

I am currently living in the field engaged in an experiment called “What do Killian’s like to do?”

You would think I would be somewhat of an expert on that topic,

but after 11 years of having this family, we are still working out the details.

We are all very different people.  Our interests and likes are pretty varied, as are our ages and abilities,

and that has kept us from doing a lot of experimenting.

Being a military family and having Chris gone a lot hasn’t helped.  Neither has having a mom who got really sick every time she had a baby. Moving from place to place, finding something we like and then moving somewhere where that is unavailable can throw a crimp in your family activities as well.  You can’t go to the ocean here. You can’t go to the zoo. You can’t eat at the places we used to do birthdays.

Now these three are gaining a little more independence, and it is suddenly very important to me that we do something together-

something beyond household chores and being vegetables in front of the television.

We need some memories. We need bonding.

These kids are getting huge in a hurry, and I am pretty sure they will all move out and move on in a few minutes,

and they might never come back.

When you look at your family, can you make a list of things that you all like to do together?  Not things that half the people tolerate, or things that wear mom out but make everyone else happy, or things so expensive that you only do them once in a lifetime. I’m talking little things that could slip into your definition of who your family is.

We are people who. . ?

We all like to eat out.  And earlier this summer we discovered we all like to go swimming.

We are also homebodies who all like quiet time alone at home, by our selves. We need nudging to break out of our routines.

I have been making plans to do new things. I’m experimenting.

I’ve come to the hypothesis that we all really like a low key hike around Canyon Lake Park.And I like taking pictures of things I love.

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