Space time continuum argues that objects in motion actually experience time at a slower rate than one at rest.. Well Einstein I take your theory of relativity and I see you Mum..
If Einstein were right (which in fact he is as has been proven countless times) but, if he was correct in terms of us mere mortals and human times then us working and studying Mama's and Father's would have more time to get everything we need done, in actual fact done.
It seems the busier I get the less time I have.. Why is that Al? Why do us under the pump parents get less time in comparison to our counterparts or is that a silly question!? Scientifically I should get it but intellectually on a very real level my somewhat on occasion childish head screams FFS Albert you're a dick.. And dick's like you and your uber intellectual theories make us "busy" parents feel somewhat lacking, and when I say lacking I am not talking about time...
Somewhere in between the Earth and a galaxy far far away, I have forgotten how to time manage.. Now don't get me wrong I am all up in that sciencey stuff, I've dabbled in biology and chemistry albeit of a different kind, the kind that brought me to parenthood to begin with but surely there is a new science somewhere that can create time, or extra minutes for those of us to spend doing what we need to do let alone all the other good things we miss out on.. The lacking.. Like little smiles and daisy chains necklaces and small arms around the neck hugs and breaking out into song and dance car concerts, all the little things that do not make a universe but do in fact create your own.. Damned if we do and damned if we don't, and time is just the smallest piece of that pie...
I think if universal law were just it would create a space where we could just be, a moment in time where we could just hang out, in between meetings and appointments and clients and phone calls and faxes, just a moment where nothing is needed from us and we can just be.. Oh my.. Sigh.. How lovely is the thought!? but the likelihood?? nil, nada, not...
I have found a complete correlation in fact between space and parenting... Take Black Holes for existence, they exist here on earth.. Mine happens to be the place I lose my bag, keys, phone, kids shoes, lunchboxes, return notices and my mind... The other thing I have realised is whether I work or I am SAHM, I have a black hole, a severe lack of time and issues that seem to cross entire galaxies, even on occasion my own little asteroid shower in the shape of a tanty or five...
You and I both know for a fact that Albert Einstein was and still is considered to be one of the greatest living geniuses, what you and I also know is that even Al the genius did not have the answer to parenting.. It is not a science, it's an art form.. It flows and ebbs and grows and expands and rests, but it is never exact and rational thinking can never create the perfect scenario when it comes down to it, but it always goes on as an inconstant constant..
Men may be from Mars, and women are from Venus but the science of parenting is from Uranus.. and we will balls it up all the time.. Stop trying to find the time just snatch your moments,.. And if the universe implodes because you cant keep up?? Trust me there is another one out there as yet unexplored.. Crank up the music and teach your kids how to moon walk ;)
To infinity and beyond...
Mama, Madly xo
