I've been working for a while now and it amazes me now that sometimes the value I bring is just being there. It's nice to be valued, but it still seems strange. I've had a colleague who liked to say, "Change is inevitable. Progress is optional". This value from little other than experience is a change. It's progress.
I've been a parent for a while now too. I don't always feel valued by the kids:) It might come later, but it's not really important. Things are definitely changing though. I think we've all heard something like when one door closes a window opens or some annoying bright-side-of-every-situation-type phrase.
Things are changing. The kids are changing. Not all at once, but they've entered this new stage. They're older. Nooriya is learning to drive. I get to teach her:) She's so excited. It's wonderful. My value is simply being the passenger. I don't really do anything. Last night Yusuf went out to a friend's house after Zahra and I went to bed. My value will be to simply be here and listen to him tell me about something from his night.
Tonight Zahra and I are going out and the kids have their own separate plans. It's not the first time, but things are definitely changing. It's becoming more normal. Another door is closing...
Taher, things are changing. They will change again. Taher, choose progress.
