June 4, 2025

Bright Spots

Today was brighter than yesterday. Hotter out and the inflated bounce house with water slide roared to life as I settled into friendly conversation with fellow moms at my youngest two children’s elementary school. I bookended today with our morning routine (few hiccups this time) and a great client session full of obvious progress and more smooth sessions followed by our first chilly dip in our neighbor’s pool. Today was a day of gratefully witnessing several of my favorite kiddos delightedly playing inside and outside the school at amazing stations and activities, enjoying an incredible reward day with great friends. It was the day of being one of very few parents supervising middle schoolers on the loose with bounce houses and food trucks galore (even though my middle schooler didn’t hang with me- wonder why).

I’m sunburned because remembering sunscreen fell out of my head, and my daughter is screaming at me because I asked her to wear a dress for the last day of school tomorrow, but the moment is lighter because it was a lighter day and because she is now next to me while I blog telling me I need an extra “t” on the end of but above. And I found some jammin kettle corn at the big box store the other day and when I came home this incredible older couple brought a delicious homecooked meal to our door because she read my social media posts about the overload I’ve been under with all that’s going on with Mom. Love in action. The homecare nurse who came today said we can get the bi-weekly labwork done here at home which was a pleasant surprise. She then proceeded to tell me that they need a whole new order called in even though their parent company is the small hospital system, same as the lab we were just at yesterday, but apparently it can’t be passed on from one facility to another group within the same exact hospital system. SMH.

I chose to pause on purpose today just like I tell my clients to do. I chose to be present with the ones I love the most and I chose to engage in service at my children’s schools which I value greatly. And my husband and two of our kids set up for a huge event we have next week at the church without me while I spent time in one of my happy places. It’s good to decompress, especially when your loved ones are healthy or at least stable. Seize it when possible. There are definitely days when it’s just not. If you’ve lived without margin, I see you.