Saturday, August 6, 2016

#218/366--Back to School...Shopping?

She takes me
..."shopping"...
and
what do I find her doing?
...catching Pokemon...

#217/366--Field Trip




#216/366--PBJ

Some days
....suck....
and they call for
a
peanut butter
and
jelly
sandwich
with
a side of
goldfish

#215/366--Proud Mother Challenge

On Facebook
there are all these
...challenges...
and
most recent
is the
Proud Mother Challenge

The challenge
asks you
...as a mother...
to post ONE picture
that makes you
proud to be
a mother

I can't pick
...just one...

Every picture I have
of my children
makes
me
proud
of
them

I can't even.


Y'all.
I love these two.
...Pride...
....no....
...humility...
is what I feel
when it comes to
being a mother

I cannot believe
who they
have grown into
that
God
not only blessed me with
two little bitty babies
but
also
trusted me

...ME(?)...

to raise them
and
even though
I have made a multitude
...of mistakes...
and
we've faced our share of
..hardships...

they have
turned out
happy
healthy
funny
intelligent
successful
kind
balanced
good
respectful (generally speaking)
...(insert laughing emoji)...
honest
confident
young adults
surrounded by friends
with a faith in God

I'm not sure I feel pride
because
there's no way
I could have done this
on my own

I feel humbled
by
God's
grace
goodness
and
mercy

I feel blessed

Am I proud of them?
...oh yeah...
...more than words....
but
to me
the better word
for being a mom
would be
...humbled...


#214/366--Uno


#213/366--Bad Moms

...as foreseen in my #212 post...
I am
a Bad Mom
and so
it only makes sense
to
go see the movie
"Bad Moms"


#212/366--Breaking Things

I have
a confession

I am not
who you think
I am

I know
I come across
quiet
and
reserved

but

sometimes
things
make me angry

and

when I'm angry
I turn green
grow immense muscles
growl
yell
and
scream
my head spins
I vomit pea soup
curse words fly

...and...
I break things

...well...
that's an exaggeration

I didn't intend to
...break it...
I was emphasizing
a point
by
"slamming it closed"

but
the integrity
of the drawer
was
already weakened
by poor craftsmanship
and
in my defense
it was already
hanging by
...a nail...

...next time...
I'll
...count to 10...
take a time out
breathe deeply
close my eyes
walk away

...maybe...

#211/366--My People

My people
love me




getting older
is
fantastic
when
you have friends
as
amazing
as
mine
<3

#210/366--My 45th...in pictures...

Breakfast in bed
from
Lauren

then
to the DMV
for me
to renew
my licencse

...lunch...
with
Michael

...errands...
with
my girl, T
who
forced me
into
this thing
(because of the ankle issue)
and then
snapped a pic
from behind
...it's all in good humor, right?

Then, later...
Lauren made
birthday cookies
and
we watched
The Bachelorette
...happy day to me...






#209/366--Registration

School
is
closer
than
I want it to be