(Thank you for your kind words on yesterday’s post. I just can’t help getting teary and emotional as I type those words. Till the day he becomes successful (in his own way), this knot will stay in my heart….)

For those of you who ‘Facebook-ed’ me would know that I’m hubby-less for 48hours.

In a few minutes time, this would be over. Allan will be back from his company’s ‘Property Boot Camp’.

Now, a show of hands, how many of you think that parenting is NO easy task? I see your hands high up and waving….

But I’ve come to realise SINGLE parenting is so much easier…. every parent adopts different tactics, depending on that parent’s upbringing. Knowingly or unknowingly, we use what was used ON us by our parents, On our children.

As most of you have read My Story, you know the kind of upbringing I had and Allan’s was just the exact opposite. I foresee the possible problems way before we start our baby-producing-factory to work. We came to a conclusion that I, with my experience as a Child Care Centre teacher, will be the one who makes most of the decisions when it comes to our children.

But as times go, the big mismatch between our principals were too much for him to be silent over. Small disputes results, but they were resolved very quickly, in seconds or minutes, so not worth mentioning at all.

But do you remember the HUGE fight we had over Keatkeat’s eating speed? My post ‘Clash of the Titans’? That was the first ‘real’ arguement we ever had, ever since kids came into our life. Its horrible. That reminds me that I was ‘supposed’ to do an update of Keatkeat’s eating speed, the situation worsen lately…the signs of what most commenters (in that post) feared or foresee coming, is showing up… *sigh*

These hours without Allan around, I felt like I’ve got wings, completely free around my kids. I do everything according to the way I want it to be. I need not sneak a peek at my man to see if there’s a frown.

Communication, you say? That’s the best thing we do, you know?! We explain the purpose behind our actions, we reasoned, we debated….But its the big principals that’s instilled in US since young which guide our characters, our behaviours, our minds and our attitude towards children that is having the War….. not us….