SOMETIMES IT'S JUST...

A laid-back Saturday with your kids. Thankful one has a 3-hour playdate so you can have a little one-on-one with the other.

Baking cookies for your new neighbor, even though it's 'just' an apartment, it's still a home. And you welcome them to the fold.

Petting the soft, warm head of a certain dog that lays on your lap snoring like a chainsaw and wouldn't even be alive if it weren't for you taking her in and then be willing to let her go to a new family. But for now, she's here.

Cleaning your home, opening the windows, letting the cool and crisp air flow through to clean everything out. Everything.

Going with your friend to the emergency room because your daughter's best friend tripped on her way up your stairs to have a mommy/daughter girls night. Slight concussion...ugh. :(

A son who tells you, "You know it's only 10 days until your birthday?" Wow. Stunned. Might mention my birthday this year is the same as the release date for a video game he's been wanting. Doesn't matter...I'll take it.

Getting a Keurig coffee maker for only $50 thanks to mail-in rebates and a 20% off in-store coupon. Watching the kids make 5 cups of hot chocolate...just because they can.

Getting hateful texts for being honest.

Sitting down on a quiet night (other than the snoring from above-mentioned dog) and actually trying to figure out what I'm doing. Then having an epiphany...we all do the best we can.


And sometimes...sometimes it's just being. Being thankful. Not questioning every thing.