Comments on: Roll of Thunder, Do You Cry? http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Well Read Hostess http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6907 Well Read Hostess Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:17:13 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2132#comment-6907 Child the first hates him a thunderstorm...crawls up as close as he can get to me, and I did think of him the other afternoon at school and hoped he didn't hear it. Of course, he was actually home with his grandma b/c of conferences/half days, so there. Child the second, the one like me, loves her some thunderstorms. I was hoping she'd heard the big boom boom. S'my girl! Child the first hates him a thunderstorm…crawls up as close as he can get to me, and I did think of him the other afternoon at school and hoped he didn’t hear it. Of course, he was actually home with his grandma b/c of conferences/half days, so there.

Child the second, the one like me, loves her some thunderstorms. I was hoping she’d heard the big boom boom. S’my girl!

]]> By: terry http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6901 terry Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:28:20 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2132#comment-6901 We recently had a thunderstorm here in the Bay Area. Goofdad is right, there aren't many. But this winter, in the middle of a dark night all hell broke loose. Tom and I looked at each other and waited to hear the pitter patter of feet running into our bedroom. It never came! Not only did my kid's not fear the thunderstorm, they slept right through it! I missed the days when they came crawling into my bed and would have them count between the thunder and the lightening! We recently had a thunderstorm here in the Bay Area. Goofdad is right, there aren’t many.

But this winter, in the middle of a dark night all hell broke loose. Tom and I looked at each other and waited to hear the pitter patter of feet running into our bedroom. It never came! Not only did my kid’s not fear the thunderstorm, they slept right through it!

I missed the days when they came crawling into my bed and would have them count between the thunder and the lightening!

]]> By: goofdad http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6899 goofdad Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:55:59 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2132#comment-6899 Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, thunderstorms were few and far between. I remember one in particular, when we just had the 4 boys and my eldest girl was a baby. We were on a queen sized bed, and one by one the boys came up to get comfort through the storm. If you can imagine 5 children under 10 and two adults on one queen sized bed ... we got them settled and back to sleep. Then my wife and I got up (quietly), opened the hide-a-bed in the living room, and slept out there leaving the kids in our bed. I miss those days ... Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, thunderstorms were few and far between.

I remember one in particular, when we just had the 4 boys and my eldest girl was a baby. We were on a queen sized bed, and one by one the boys came up to get comfort through the storm. If you can imagine 5 children under 10 and two adults on one queen sized bed … we got them settled and back to sleep. Then my wife and I got up (quietly), opened the hide-a-bed in the living room, and slept out there leaving the kids in our bed.

I miss those days …

]]> By: RuthWells http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6898 RuthWells Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:18:22 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2132#comment-6898 Lack of control = abject terror, for me. My son doesn't mind thunderstorms, but has informed me that he doesn't want to live in California because they have earthquakes there. He's very concerned about tsunamis and tornadoes, as well. Lack of control = abject terror, for me.

My son doesn’t mind thunderstorms, but has informed me that he doesn’t want to live in California because they have earthquakes there. He’s very concerned about tsunamis and tornadoes, as well.

]]> By: jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/roll-of-thunder-do-you-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-6895 jennifer Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:33:32 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=2132#comment-6895 I remember all my boys going through an Age of Anxiety, usually in the early elementary years. Storms would definitely set off the mental alarms, and they would have to be in close proximity to me. Malcolm used to fret and worry about tornadoes in particular. Now all of that is history. Funny how these phases are so intense, and then they're gone - like thunder. I remember all my boys going through an Age of Anxiety, usually in the early elementary years. Storms would definitely set off the mental alarms, and they would have to be in close proximity to me. Malcolm used to fret and worry about tornadoes in particular. Now all of that is history. Funny how these phases are so intense, and then they’re gone – like thunder.

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