One More Time

Still stuck on that rink ice, I guess.
And I found a card dated Feb. 13, 2002. The front has a Maya Angelou quote:
"Have enough courage to trust LOVE one more time. And always one more time."

Inside, my friend wrote: "I guess part of being a parent is"...always one more time".
Close to perfect, right?
Patti Dickinson, an author of 4 Ordinary Women, probably sent the card because one of us was struggling with a parenting issue. Could have been that we needed a reminder because one of our kids was tugging against that one-more-time. I don't remember.

What I do remember is that some women intuitively know about sharing--- the when, what, how, and with whom to share. The why is the easy part. We share because through sharing, we can become better at parents. We help one another sort the mysteries and fill in the blanks. We learn together in a most ordinary way and 'always one more time'.