First, the disclaimer: As of this writing, I may or may not have had a glass of wine. This post will probably be more poignant if you do, too. And it will for sure make more sense.
Over the past two weeks, life has involved friends, family, laughter, time-outs, rewards, tears, vomit, laundry, and some genuinely hilarious moments.
Tonight, I am struck again by the simplicity of value, and how infrequently we are able to pursue true quality. The moments and quotes that have precipitated this relative introspection are (in no particular order):
1. Liam, while standing next to me: "Tyler, look! Look how sized I am to Mom! I'm almost tall!" (Yay! Someone thinks I'm tall!)
2. From a FB friend: "Do you ever have a memory leak out of your eye and slide down your face?"
3. Wisdom that was not mine coming out of my mouth to a young patient with an aggressive cancer diagnosis looking for inspiration: "The word 'Triumph' implies difficulty. No one ever triumphs over ease, tranquility, happiness or perfection. One triumphs over hardship with pain, with blood, sweat & tears."
4. Gracie begging me to "Dance, Mommy! DANCE!" Of course I did. As best as this white girl can, anyway.
5. One of Tyler's hard-to-come-by written sentences for homework accurately describing his brother: "Liam thought the word think ment (sic) to talk."
6. Hearing Gracie sing "twinkle twinkle" in the grocery checkout line.
7. The timing of my boss asking on a Tuesday afternoon for a presentation involving data stored in files that have been "cleaned up" (read: gone) on a short timeline (I have a day) the one week we cancelled clinic, which is usually on Wednesdays.
9. Have I ever mentioned how Clay puts Gracie to sleep every. single. night? After cooking dinner. And usually cleaning up. And he knows how to sort laundry. Awesome.
And finally:
10. Kids love hot dogs because they taste like boogers (according to my boys). Enjoy!
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