Another Monday

Here we are at another Monday morning. I was going to start the day off well today, you know… actually check things off the list, get out of the house early, make the most of my few hours of preschool.

But (and isn't there always a but?)

But then the baby woke at five, and six, and at six thirty he woke his brothers so no one went back to sleep and then there was no oatmeal of the "right" flavor and the day just became of the many days with small children. So here I sit while the baby takes an early nap drinking coffee and wasting time with the morning news. I suppose I should soon begin work on the plenty long list of things to do in the house (a list that has way to many entries related to laundry!) but for this moment right now I am going to sip and sit in quiet and just enjoy the sun shining through the window.

These are the moments that let me stay mommy through all the others, and I wish I could bottle the feeling and open it whenever I need it. Since that is impossible, I am going to stop now and just breathe in, and out…