'children will not remember you for the material things you provided
but for the feeling that you cherished them.'
~ robert evans
raise of hands please - who out there is still pretty stressed, thinking of the last minute things needed to be done and purchased... who is forgetting to smile, to laugh, to breathe?
i am ...
chances are the kids are done with school today - perhaps you are looking at a short day at work tomorrow or finished for the week today...
rush, rush, rush...
and naturally, life keeps interjecting so that my best laid plans get sidetracked - but it's ok... nick's trumpet got lost at school, alex ended up needing a ride home instead of taking the bus, and... and...
it took my darling first born to know what her mom needed - this heart made in the snow... and even at 17 she was so excited when she called me to 'come look'... (and because i didn't know, in my head, i am thinking 'what? i am just trying to put the dishes away, get the laundry switched over, pick up, so that i can... ')
and it's ok... we are going to be ok... i need to laugh with them, hug them and slow down... not be grumpy because they ate all of the cookies (so i have none to give away!)... which makes kid sense, but not grown-up sense...
so i will try to get some cookies in, make a couple of things for people in our circle (& you cannot create when you are all in a knot)...
i hope you aren't doing what i am, but if you are - i hope you can stop, take a breath and readjust your thinking... it will be over before you know it... your life will be too... so enjoy...
thanks em, you knew just what i needed... that was the best gift of all ~
