There Must Be Balance

Thanks so much for all your comments to my post yesterday. It felt good to know that I was not the only one who had these frustrations. Emma Mae and I are doing much better today.

That said, I know that I did a lot of complaining yesterday, so today I wanted to look on the brighter side of things. I try to keep a postive view on things. I believe that in every story there is a positive and a negative, a yin and a yang, a good and a bad, a light and a dark, you get my drift. So here are some ways that I could have looked at things a little more positively, yesterday:

-Since I had already somewhat brushed my teeth with Jonathon's toothbrush (read more about that in yesterday's comments) I didn't have to worry about that again for the rest of the day.

-Since most of my kids are not in school, I didn't have to get them out of their pj's all day. They didn't get dressed until grandma came to get them.

-Since I don't have a job I didn't have to deal with the guilt that would inevitably come with calling in sick.

-Thankfully, my husband is in a position at work where he can run home when I need him. (even if it takes a little longer than I think it should)

Also, since my husband bore the brunt of my frustration, I felt like I should share the sweetest thing he has ever said to me. (going back to that whole yin and yang thing, in case I lost ya)

The other day, I'm standing in the kitchen cooking dinner and he comes in. He says, " I just figured out why I love our girls so much." I say, "Yeah?" (thinking he is going to share some really gross story about something one of them has done now) But instead, he says, " It's because they remind me so much of you." Now, to those of you who do not know my husband you may be thinking, "no big deal, he probably saw that in a movie or something". But that is not him. He does not say anything like that, ever, so it meant the world to me. He's pretty great. (most of the time)

So there it is. The light to my dark. I know that I'm a lucky girl.