Don't wish your life away...

I know life isn't always a bowl of cherries, but I think a lot of what you get out of life is how you view it... I know today's blog may sound serious, but I had the thought, "What if I'm not here some day to teach you how to make lemonade out of lemons? Would you learn it on your own?" Maybe, but just in case I wanted to make sure you always woke each day thinking about the great possibilities that day can hold... when I was growing up Nanni often caught me "wishing it was the weekend" and although I never got to meet Nanni's daddy she imparted some wisdom from him, he used to tell her "Don't wish your life away." From that I take it to mean, Enjoy each day - each moment. Yes, weekends are more fun than work days... but what if today a work day was your last day? Wouldn't you want to know you woke up singing on the way to work, smiling about how wonderful your life is? Enjoying the little things... For me playing footsie w/ your daddy while he's protesting that he's "sleeping", or being head butted by Eva who's breaking out all of her super cute moves to keep from going to bed, or sweet-sweet little Gracie who thinks the world revolves around goodness and it is her mission to share stickers w/ everyone:-) Focusing on the good things makes you smile, smiling makes everything else seem better and easier to deal with. I mean why worry about what you can't change, right? I know, sounds CRAZY, coming from me the semi-reformed control freak! But life is about smelling the roses, right?

So if I'm not there to tell you when you're older and Mr. Wrong breaks your heart - its okay, it hurts but its a good thing b/c he wasn't MR. RIGHT. I hope you both always have the spirits you have today, but if you don't know that you can take a deep breath, shut your eyes and when you open them you can see things differently... it's all what you make it.

Always know that you both and your Daddy make me SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!