#parenting

Happy Father's Day!!🩵💙

I may not have been ready to see the man I share my life with through our son's eyes 😍. But what he sees is a great dad - always ready to play and show up, the most playful and active person we've known. I'm convinced they have a bond like no other, and witnessing that bond is one of the many things that makes him a wonderful parent. It's so heart-warming. 🥰

Today, as we celebrate fathers, I also celebrate acknowledging my son's dad's efforts, patience, and presence...

A few days ago we had a school meeting with Lucien's teacher to talk about his #progress.

He's doing great in so many areas like maths, drawing, socially.. but #phonetics is still the same struggle we faced months ago.

As the teacher explained their reading method, I felt my resistance again. I've never fully agreed with the way they teach sounds at this stage, almost as if language is only patterns to memorize without explaining the #rules behind them.

And then today, something small...

There's a point in #parenting where the roles reverse, and it becomes a journey of mutual #learning. When my son wanted to bring a notebook to the gym (because this is a thing we've been doing for the last couple of weeks), I instinctively said no, not realizing the depth of his request. I failed to ask the right questions, and he couldn't express his reasons.

In that moment, we were disconnected, me with my #assumptions and him with his #unspoken thoughts. I now see that my growth as a father...

We've made our way from #Mexico, where this trip started, down to #Nicaragua, and it's giving me a whole new lens on the journey I described before. Watching him grow used to feel like something that happened mostly at home. Now I'm seeing it happen against a shifting backdrop, country after country, and it's teaching both of us something new.

There's so much good in it. He has more space than ever, he's tasting new foods and drinks, and little by little he's warming up to people and kids he's...