Maintenance

I was ready to give a play-by-play of what my days consist of but I realize it would all be for naught. To put it in a nutshell, our lives are pure maintenance right now, and yes that includes the bathtub.



I feel like Oprah in this moment - in her monthly magazine - where the column is titled, "What I Know For Sure." What I know for sure is this: the grass is always greener on the other side. If I can hand out any kind of wisdom at all, it would be to put on a happy face. Or as my aunt Beth would say, "Take it and be glad," when she ever so generously offered me a hand-dipped chocolate the other night.



It would be impossible to ever convey why my posts as of late are nothing real fun to share. My life and my sanity have been so multi-challenged in the past few months. I don't have much time to think about it, I just do. But have any of you out there ever had to deal with a COMPLETE lack of privacy? And can you guess that I am not talking about my own child? This is something that I have been dealing with for about two months now. It can be unnerving. If I have left anyone in the dark, I am sorry! I think most people who read know what changes have gone on with us lately.

I am so grateful for my family and friends. They are the best in the world! I couldn't do without them. There are those times in your life where you feel a tight circle of love surrounding you closely and this is one of them.

Do I find my happy places? Sure do! I am just needing more and more of them these days. And that is a whole different subject for those who want to get deeper ;)

Here's a *cute* happy place: last night. As D and I were turning in, I reached to kill the light and this was the scene on my nightstand:



It just made me laugh. It was one of those moments that hit me... I have a child! Whom I love with every bit of my soul. Who is the most incredible little guy. And my nightstand would be so boring without him.