Living Life In Patterns
Our 5 year old son has been pointing out patterns to us lately. When we play a game together he lets us know the order to go in.
“Me, Mom, then Dad. Me, Mom, then Dad. That is a pattern.”
The other morning he let me know that we have patterns in the meals we eat.
“I always have a fruit or vegetable and milk with dinner. Every night. That is a pattern.”
But he also pointed out something I already knew.
“You and Dad always sleep on the same side of the bed.”
As with most couples we picked our sides early. I am the left and he is the right. His statement made me think about where else my husband and I have patterns in our life together. I came up with several and they are all dictated by keeping our predetermined sides.
We’ve divided the bathroom sink and cabinets - my side is the left and his is the right. Just like in bed.
Our parking spots in the driveway are dictated by the same pattern. Even our sides in the closet and our seats at the dining room table are determined from our sides of the bed.
We’ve been living our life in patterns that a 5 year old can notice. I hope he recognizes other sequences in our life - like that my husband always kisses us goodbye in the morning as he leaves for work. Every morning, no matter how late he is running.
Even if he grows up and becomes the right side of a his own marriage, there are some good patterns he can continue.
great post, thanks.
Wow, that’s so true…I never thought of it before, but we sit according to our “sides” at the table, park our cars that way and our clothes are arranged in the closet, all according to this. Astute observation!
Nathan makes us switch it up all the time. He has no respect for patterns!
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Aww…such comfortable patterns. How cute he recognizes them!
Oh my gosh, where do we get these kids from, and how come they are smarter then us? That is incredible…I’ll be talking about this for weeks.
Thank you….
Dorothy from grammology
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This post made me think about the patterns that my parents have. My mom sleeps on the right, dad on the left. I cankt think of anything else where they consistently stick to the same side.
Are you the same-handed or different handed? out of random curiosity.
It’s so great your son sees the patterns…I mean, really great. it indicates so much potential for so much good for him.
Julie
Using My Words
Julie - We are both right-handed.