TODAY

I just read this on someone's Facebook status: "Once you decide not to be miserable, great things happen". That really resonated with me and inspired me to write after way too long staying away from the blog! The last few months have brought about some serious thinking for me concerning what I really want out of life. Not just for me, but for my family. I am already finding myself saying "Oh, I'll do that later". Or, "Maybe one day". Along with that, I am realizing that TODAY is the day and LATER should be NOW. Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones talking, but I sure appreciate them. They (or whatever it is) are helping me see things in perspective and try to honor what is truly important in life. After all, you only get one (life, that is)! My husband and I, lead by my begging and pleading, are considering some serious life changes coming very soon. All my life, all I have wanted is to be a mother. To be a wife. To be the one who cares for my children the way I want to, not the way I have to. Too often we find ourselves restricted by time and energy. That's where the "maybe one day"'s and "I'll do it later"'s come in. Too many days I find the way I am spending them (my days, that is) to simply be a means to an end. "Just get through the day and then you can be home with your family" I tell myself. I have realized that my children are only going to be young once and you can't go back. You can't save childhood for later. Now is the time. So, we are embarking on a new, exciting adventure. It's just a temporary adventure, but so is childhood, right? This new job, like any job, will have many ups and downs. Many struggles, compromises, and maybe even some "lets just get through the day" 's. But, at least I will lay my head down at night knowing that I have done the best I can at the best job anyone could have; being a mother.

Center Cut

Never in my life did I think I would compare my life to a piece of meat. I don't even really like meat. I have always had issues with the texture, taste, and smell of most any meat. So to compare my life at the moment to meat, well, you would think I am not happy with it.

But that is the farthest thing from the truth. My life is just about as good as it gets at the moment. My husband just recently got hired on for next year as an assistant principal/director of the career and technology center at the high school. I am expecting our second child, a girl, in June. Mason, 2 1/2, is a fiesty, typical two year old who is definitely starting to show us who he really is. We have a great (but small, ahem) house and live in a great neighborhood.

Back to the meat comparison. The things that are good in my life are the best part, the center cut. But even the best piece of meat has fat marbled through it and along the edges. Those are the bad days, the hard times, the things that most people experience in life. All you meat eaters out there know that it can be darn hard to trim off all of the fat before you take a bite of that sweet, juicy, piece of meat.

I just grossed myself out even typing that, ew.

So you just eat the meat with the fat on it. Dive head first into the good times and brace for the bad. Hopefully though, those good times will help with swallowing the fat. Make it easier to take in.

Right now, in my life, I am trying to swallow the fat and appreciate the center cut. The good stuff. Because what is a good piece of meat if you can't enjoy every bite?

Cuteness

The weather report for today, by Mason:

"Oh my doodness! It's wind!" Yes, that is how he said it. And I giggled for at least a minute.


In response to not liking something, or not wanting it:

I can't like peas, Mom!

I can't want the chitin' (chicken)!


Potty time:

(while pottying on Cheerios in the toilet) "I hit de Chee-os in da toyet, Mom"



What cute things does your child say or do?