Day by Day

I have discovered two things that break a parents heart.....1.  watching your child in physical pain (stitches, hurt knees, bleeding kids, stomach bugs, etc) and 2.  watching your child in total heartache. I can officially say that I think Brendan is going through total first love heartache.  I knew this a few months ago when he obviously had his heart set on a girl he had dated off and on and who was dating someone else at this point.  He was still friends with her (the infamous still friends thing) and texting, seeing her, but obviously he was not feeling well about it.  At one point he was so grumpy I asked and asked for days about what was up and then finally cornered himand put it just the right way, I guess, so he talked.  He truly loves her he said.  Well, that grumpiness ended within a day or two-seemed relieved to have it off of his chest.  But about a month later, we were back in the same quandry.  Only this time, he was so frus...

I was coaching Katie's basketball team last night and Bob was in the stands with Keera.  Keera had found one of her little "boy" friends to play with but unfortunately it sounds as though he had two mean boys playing with him.  I guess the three of them picked Keera up and then dropped her???? At any rate, I watch her, in the midst of the game, come crying into the gym, limping (which disappeared after the drama did).  Tracey said, "Ooh there is Keera crying."  Tracey was next to me as my assistant coach.  Bob picks her up and holds her, so my attention went back to the game, but not for long. Next thing I know, Tracey is kind of laughing at Keera who is dragging her foot all the way over to the bench, crying the whole way and trying to tell me her story (I really do give her a lot of attention-you would think she gets none with the way she was acting).  Finally she gave up on me since I was asking her to stop crying and to sit...she dragged herself by us...

Katie has not shown much interest in having a boyfriend in about two years, but low and behold....here it is.....He seems like a nice kid.  He walked her out of his house to the car the other night, in the freezing cold weather.  He always says "Hi Mrs. Reed".  He seems happy and upbeat.  They watched a movie here a week ago and it was cute because when I went into the room Katie was leaned up against him with her head on his shoulder.  I know, I know...I mentioned the dangers again (I hate giving the talk-done it three times with one more time to go), but I have to say they are cute together.  Who knows how long it will last, but they seem like friends, which is nice.  Ahhh-young love.....

I was looking for crafts for Keera to do-total boredom and a four day weekend do not bode well.  I bought a ceramic piggy bank kit for her with a pig and paints.  She painted the whole thing from tail to toe in a rainbow type of decoration-much prettier than an actual pig.  I thought it would be a fun craft but I never knew she would get the idea behind a piggy bank and start picking up every coin in the house to put in it....it's great.  She is saving it for vacation so it has a good cause and I have been known to vaccum up a penny or two (or more) so I wouldn't have to pick them up off the floor, so it is working out well.....go pig power!

Did you ever feel like things were just all mixed up and you didn't know how to get them turned around again?  How does one turn things back around again? Especially when one is feeling pulled in every direction.   That's a tough one.

What is it about being kidlike that is so much fun????  Sledding today with Keera.  Going down is fun and crazy but walking up is the hard part, which is probably why Keera starting asking me to ride with her more because I would bring the sled up the hill.  It's spontaneous, it's unpredictable, it's no worries in the world......it is soooo relaxing.  Keera and I laughed and laughed and laughed.  I am so glad that I have kids.