
30 Things You Will Never Take for Granted Again After Becoming a Parent
There’s nothing like the love you feel for your child. but becoming a parent also strengthens their love and appreciation for these day-to-day luxuries.
- The dishwasher.
- A car that is not full of crumbs.
- Making a meal that you don’t have to worry about being too hot, too chewy, too spicy, or too green.
- Coffee that remains hot AND unspilled until you finish it.
- Making breakfast for only yourself.
- Time to try things on alone in the dressing room.
- Only having to buckle one seatbelt when you get in the car.
- A hotel room.
- Popping into a store “real quick”.
- Anyone, anywhere, providing you with a meal that you didn’t have to make yourself.
- Relatives.
- Time to get your hair cut.
- Naps, like, the kind you take yourself.
- Conversations with your spouse that aren’t about kids.
- Going to the bathroom whenever you need to.
- The luxury of losing track of time.
- Staying in bed past 7:00 am.
- A countertop, tabletop, or any surface with nothing on it.
- Watching (adult) daytime TV.
- Being able to lay on the beach with your eyes closed.
- Time to browse the aisles of a store.
- A day that doesn’t revolve around when other people must eat and nap.
- Movie theatres.
- Breezily executing last minute plans.
- The correct batteries to fit in the correct device at the correct time.
- Carrying a small bag.
- The laundry being “finished”.
- A fully engaged, uninterrupted conversation with another adult.
- Going to sleep knowing you won’t wake up until morning.