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It’s 9:45 and I am waiting for grandma to arrive to take Asher away for a couple of hours. Lucas is at morning camp. Today is the second day of summer vacation and I have sooooo much work to do and all kinds of fear that I won’t be able to get it all done because my day care is spotty at best. This puts me in a state of anxiety while I’m trying to be present with the children, which is like trying to say "Om" while your heart pounds and your guts are twisty.
I'm a busy freelance editor and writer, wife to Ian, and mother to two precious boys. I am living each day to the fullest and with as much grace, creativity, and patience as I can muster.
"Love doesn't just sit there like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new." —Ursula K. LeGuinn
June 9, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I’d stay and be your nanny if I didn’t have to pay San Francisco rent!
I had lots of fun yesterday with Asher. xoxo
June 9, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Oh thank you, sweetheart. I hope I didn’t sound ungrateful. It was lovely seeing you yesterday and spending time with you and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Thanks for taking time out of your life to spend it with my kiddos. It means a lot to them and to me.
June 9, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I may be able to help out here and there if this is something you would be interested it. I’m home all summer and with the exception of June 20-27 we don’t have any set plans. Also Em would probably enjoy it considering she’s an only child. We should talk.
June 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm
It’s a hell of a meditation, either way you look at it. I hope today offered you some windows of peace, and a few deep breaths, and a lot of smiles.
Love you!
June 10, 2009 at 8:30 pm
No, no, no! You didn’t sound ungrateful at all. What you do is HARD and you do it so brilliantly. I really do wish I could be your nanny this week so you didn’t have to worry. What I did was really rather selfish by forcing Asher to spend time with me, and it just happened to help you out!
Keep your beautiful head up, baby.