Well that was fun!! I don’t know about you but I have a serious love hate relationship with Christmas. This year my procrastinating tendencies caught up with me and honestly I didn’t handle it oh so well. There may have been some anxiety and stress. In the end, as always we I got through it and I was able to look back at it all, laugh, smile and see all the fun we had!!
Do You Know What?
Driving around running errands is sooooo not the glamourous life. Nor is it at all entertaining.
Sometimes a momma has to do what a momma has to do…
“Mommy do you know what?” Francine smiles as she asks from the back seat of the car
“No I don’t know what!” I tease, “I have never met him. What does he look like? Is he tall?”
“MOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!” she sighs sooooo not into it.
(sometimes my humor is lost on my little ones….sighhhhh)
“Where does he live? Is he nice ? Have you met what? Does he like broccoli? Does he wear shoes?” I go on because I can not resist.
“MooOOOmmMMMMMM do you know whhhhattttt?”
“I told you I don’t know what! I’ve never met him. Does he live near here?” I answer with a straight face
“Ohhhh mom!!! Never mind!!” she says as she slumps back into her seat.
I give her a smile in the rearview mirror as I catch her rolling her eyes to look out the window.
WHAT?! I think I’m a hoot!
The ‘Eyes’ Have It
It was my favorite day of the work week… The night of the week I get to stop and buy dinner. The night I don’t have to cook. I walked into Jimmy John’s to order sandwiches. “Hi welcome to do a Jimmy John’s. What can we get you?”
The girls were fantastic. Olivia crossed off the list and Francine pick things off the shelf. No fighting, no whining… a small mommy victory, my own personal moment. Walking to the checkout line at the grocery store the cashier warmly says hello to Olivia and Francine. Olivia shies away at first. “You’re with me sweetie. It’s okay to say hi,” I say to Olivia.
I was busy answering e-mails and getting things done on the computer. I was a machine and my To Do list was quickly dwindling… yeah me! A colleague at work walked into my room. She wanted to run some ideas by me and share an exciting new program she was using. I looked up to say Hi and welcome her in. I was on a roll… I was getting things done! I kept working as she started talking. I nodded, uh-huh uh-huh and I briefly looked up.
Then it all made sense to me.
Olivia shied away. A mom look and a friendly mom nudge was all it took. She instantly stood taller, confidently looked the woman in the eyes and said, “Hi”. A smile quickly came to her face and a hands over her head, 1 foot, spinning ballet twirl showed me how happy she was with herself.
My collegue continues to share. My head was still in the computer, but I was listening. I stopped. I looked up, closed the computer and looked her straight in the eyes. A smile came over her face. Her shoulders went back a little. My attention was fully hers.
*Next Weeks Theme: “I knew I had to…” or your choice
When Does it Begin? What will I Say To Her?… Reflections from The Pool
Bathing suits were everywhere. Duh we were at the pool. You know not many of us actually look good in a bathing suit. We can only be lucky enough to find a bathing suit that will hide some of our flaws. A suit that will hide just enough of our flaws so we feel good enough about ourselves to be at the public pool.