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Friday Night Fun
Posted by: | CommentsI became a mother very young. I remember holding my newborn and watching my friends get ready to go out for the night. I remember them putting on their makeup and dolling themselves up with makeup while I dreamed of the day I could shower again.
At some point in the past years things have changed. I no longer watched my friends being young in envy. I became content in the security and love that filled my life.
It is Friday night. I am sure many of my friends are getting ready to head out on the town. Do you know where I am?
I am baking cookies with a pretty happy little boy.
and there is nothing you could say to convince me that being young and wild is better than this.
This is the best Friday night I have had in a long time.
And chocolate chip cookies are the perfect ending to a day stuck in bed with the flu.
The Time Is Now.
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Sometimes I wish I was that mother that could take the perfect photograph.
I wish I could bake a perfect pie or cook a perfect meal.
I wish I wore aprons and my house was spic and span.
But I am not.
I clean when forced.
I cook and then re-cook (because often I make mistakes)
I cannot take a perfect photograph. I am not crafty or domestic. I don’t wear aprons and my patience wears.
but that is ok.
I sit indian style and play games on the floor.
I read stories full of voice, animations, and sometimes a few dance moves.
I draw on the chalkboard and practice his letters with him.
Sometimes we laugh so hard we cannot breathe.
He falls into me and we cuddle until he tires.
I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Not for a clean house. Not for a million photographs.
Love what you have to offer.
Embrace the time that is now.
