Hats

As moms, we wear many different hats.  In order to keep our heads attached and our families fed (whether home-cooked or take-out) we have to multi-task and be prepared for multiple interuptions.  If the only thing I had to do all day is wear one hat, it would be easy (or atleast I dream it would be), but that is not reality.  So what do you do when yo have 5 hats on, someone wants to hand you 2 more, while 3 other people are pulling at you, threatening to throw you off balance and send all the hats flying in different directions?  Not sure, but taking a deep breath sometimes helps.  Then maybe you have to take the hats off for a moment and restack them so they're a bit more stable.  It may mean some go in a closet or the hat rack nearby for you to exchange later.  But one thing's for sure, it can't keep going on the way is or heads, not hats, will roll!

The Eagle

On my way to the gym this morning, I looked up and saw an eagle flying overhead.  It flew across the road and I lost sight of it as it flew over my car.  It seemed to follow along above me for awhile before heading off to do what it was going to do.

For me it was a real comforting sign from God that all will be okay.

I have an amazing daughter, but she is a normal 16 year old and as much as I love her, I still want to shake her sometimes.  Those times when you just do not know the best way to handle a situation, you think you have made the right decision, but it does not seem to work out the way you thought it would, it is nice to get a sign, some kind of assurance that it will all work out.  Perhaps I have done something right and haven't totally messed my kids up.

With all that is going on,  I was talking to my husband the other night and I said I would rather raise an eagle than a chicken.  (There is a history behind that comment that I won't go into now.)

So even though there are days when I look forward to it and days when I don't want it happen, it's going to be beautiful to watch her fly.