Today has been a day. Or should I say one hour of my day has been a day. I woke up with a dull headache and have been utterly exhausted all day. I managed to make it to dinner time. I took the easy way out and gave the kids hotdogs and potato salad. Only to be told by Riley that she no longer likes hot dogs and hates potato salad. I had finally started…
You’re the best Mommy! Those four words are what I heard as I let my daughter lick the brownie batter. Less than hour before we were in a screaming match over not letting her have ice-cream at 10am. In hindsight I see that to my daughter I really am the best mommy. Me yelling and being short tempered are all temporary and what my daughter focuses on is the present moment. As…
As I reflect on this past holiday weekend, I have such an array of emotions. Last night while I sat on my back deck getting glimpses of distant fireworks, I also saw lightening bugs. Lightening bugs are something that I have missed from my childhood. The last few years, I looked for lightening bugs and they were no where to be found. Yesterday though they lit up the sky! It was nostalgia. It brought back…
