Reflection Time

As today is my mom's birthday, I take time to reflect on how truly blessed I am to have not just such an excellent help and support system in her, but also as to what a great role model she is to me. My mom is my best friend and has always been there for me, but has taught me how to be a good person and a great mother. I strive to be like her and find myself getting disappointed when I don't live up to what I saw in her growing up. On days where I feel overwhelmed with everything, I try to think of everything my mom had to overcome with being a single parent to me for twenty-five years. She encompasses what a good mother is and should be and I find that I learn something new from her all the time. We are all very lucky to have her! I am honestly not sure how I would stay afloat without her, and I hope to never find out.

Faith is walking and talking up a storm. This is a very trying stage but also a very rewarding stage. She's saying so much now with "cat", "car", "ball", "dog", "hat", "monkey", "cup", and quite a few more words being added recently. I am amazed at how much she picks up and how loving she can be. I feel truly blessed and even when she tries my patience by continuously throwing food or her cup or her spoon on the floor, or hitting the dog over and over, I remember how lucky I am to have her. I will admit that I sometimes need to leave the room and take a deep breath for a second, but that's all part of being a mother I suppose. She makes me laugh everyday and that's a gift!

I quit my first freelance job and I feel relieved. Sure the money would have been really nice and helpful and for that reason I felt terrible and guilty but I must say that this guy was a real "class act" and was costing me more in my sanity than he would have paid me for the full assignment. So mark that up as a first for the freelance career and it is my hope that he is replaced with another excellent assignment. Until then, I will enjoy a little bit of slow time (whatever that is) and look forward to some family fun time.