Happy Father's Day

 

I've always known the truth of this meme.

I've shared it before.

Right now,

I share it again,

in celebration of its truth

and in gratitude

for the Dad my husband

has become.

 

TO JESSIE:

 

It's never happened before...

the way you've stepped up.

We've done this a few times,

so i know.

 

It's happened this time.

Just in time for me to wish you a

Happy Father's Day

with some recent specifics.

 

Thank you for:

 

*staying home from work

to make three meals a day...

for two whole days you'd normally

have been at work

(a total of 4 days off in a row)

it's a FIRST!

 

*doing laundry

while you were home

and again since you've returned

to working at the restaurant.

It's a FIRST

(after a baby's birth)!!

(I do know you started

a couple loads after one baby,

but the doing the whole thing AND folding...

THAT is a FIRST!)

 

*encouraging me by saying,
"I know you can do it.

Sure it'll be hard,

but you can do it."

when i had to take all 5

to the Chiropractor because

EmJ desperately needed an adjustment.

I wanted to cry (and did).

But i cried less

than if i hadn't heard

what you said.

This is NOT a first.

I'm grateful.

 

*the funny card.

I did laugh.

 

*letting me know you

are happy about our baby's birth.

I'm glad to know you are happy she's here.

 

 

 

I've always known that our children need you, love you, and will (to a greater or lesser degree) strive to emulate you and who/how you are.  No matter what has happened, i've always wanted them to have you in their lives every day because i know you are good for them and they adore you.  I'm grateful our children have a wonderful Daddy.  Thank you for working hard to be the wonderful Daddy you are.  I very much appreciate the healing time you have blessed me with (more than ever before) this time around.  I've definitely needed it!  Something about being so old now, i think....

 

I do have a gift planned.  It's not ready, though.

Sorry about that.

It'll be ready when i can make it... hopefully sooner than later!!

 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

 



 



A Nice Guy

Jess has been SO nice the last few days! I can really tell he's trying to control his frustrations and interact and react kindly. It's made SUCH a difference in my feelings about our home, life, and family! I know the saying goes that "If Mama aint happy, aint nobody happy" and I do believe that's sort of true. But I have to say, from my own experience, at least, that if Jess isn't happy, I don't feel as able to put on a happy face!

Generally, it's pretty difficult for me to "fake it until I make it" in my daily like where happiness is concerned. Why is this? I've been wondering about this a lot lately. I can fake it when there are other people around, but alone (well, alone with kiddos) it's not nearly so easy. I'm lame, maybe?

What helps you to just BE happy each day (especially the ones that don't go so well)? And I'm asking about specific thoughts or activities that help you BE happy.

Happy Husbands

make happy homes!

I know it is often said that a Mother is the heart of the home and her attitude is sort of the thermometer or barometer of the home. I would agree with this, in general, but in my life and, specifically, my family life currently, the feeling my husband brings home with him infects me tremendously! Jess came home (and often does!) so cheerful today. I was feeling totally poopy because I've had a headache since... well, for over two weeks now. Not only does my head hurt, but I have begun to feel oppressed by pain. So, I wasn't in a terribly good mood. But Jess was happy when he came home and he didn't get poopy just because I was poopy. He stayed up-beat and just felt really positive for his brief lunch time with us.

I found that by the end of lunch together AND after he left I felt so much more able to cope with the constant pain because my mood was lifted by that of my hubbie. And the further I went into my afternoon and evening the more I've felt gratitude for this aspect of my husband because when he's happy I feel happier!! It's times like these that I'm so grateful that Jess has a work schedule that enables him to be home with us during the middle-ish part of the day. :)

Ria was talking to her Aunt Evelyn early this evening because today is her birthday. During the course of their really rather long conversation, Ria told Evelyn that her Daddy needed to get another job. She named only one specific reason for this and then went on to explain that he needed to get a really good job, but that he still had to be able to come home for lunch with us. I thought that was so interesting and wonderful. Especially because I really struggled with an idea for lunch today! I mean, I'm sure Ria would love having her Daddy home even if we didn't eat with him, but the couple of times that situation has actually occured, it really troubled her that we didn't eat a meal with her Daddy. It's just nice to realize, I guess, that I'm doing something that matters to her! Ya know? :)

Walk
I was actually able to go for a walk today! I went quite early because the sky was quite overcast and I was afraid I would get rained in if I waited until my normal time. So, I perspired a great deal more than I normally would have for the pace I walked (because it was QUITE hot even though overcast), but I felt SO much better after the walk than I have since Tuesday (when I was last able to walk). My head still hurt, but the pain was diminished! YEAY!!! I did a 66 minute walk and would have liked to do more, but the girls were bickering a bit too much for me to keep going since we were so close to home at the end.