So things have been pretty crazy lately. Matt was gone for 5 days last week, so it was just the kids and I . WE MADE IT w/out him just fine!!! The boys and I missed him, but Megan as long as she has her mom she is happy :)...
We have been getting ready for Megan's dance recital, and have been practicing with the wig & wearing it to dance practice to see if it will stay on for the whole dance. It would break my heart if it fell off right in the middle in front of all the people! Seems like her Grandma is the only one who can get it to stay on with the tape, and then Megan is getting really good with pulling it down herself when it starts to ride up. I am really proud of her! She loves to keep it on for dance, and it is so amazing how different she acts when she has it on. I don't know if she acts more girly or what but there is definately something different. You gotta love her though b/c as soon as dance is overwith and she is home she rips it off tape or not! She is totally fine with it off and her mom is getting better too! We have another spot in the back right in the middle of the hair that she has left but we don't notice it quit as much as we used to, I think we know that we are not done losing it but it is getting a little easier..
So I have been trying to walk at night, and if Megan catches me trying to leave she will wait out in the driveway so I cannot leave without her. Usually I make her go inside b/c you cannot speed walk when you have a 5 year old with you!! Last night I saw how upset she was b/c she just wanted to be with her mom so I caved and let her come with me. We were walking by Midland College and the cops had some girl pulled over and had her doing a sobriety test - well we were pretty close to it (close enough that the cops waved at her) anyway we walk by and Megan as loud as can be says "look someone is getting busted"!!!! Oh it was so funny!!! She has the sarcastic sense of humor that is soo funny she makes me smile all the time..
So ANYWAY I did have a moral to my story - and it is that I need to slow down - when I get home I am always going 100 miles an hour. I put things off for another day, make kids stay home when all they want is to be with us. We have to be greatful for the time we have with them as kids, everyday is a gift! I had a best friend in school and after we graduated everytime we would see each other it was like no time had ever passed we would be as close as ever. That was the thing, we always thought we would have another day, another time to hang out. Have another time to tell each other how much we cared. She and her husband were killed in a car accident. I am very greatful that I had someone who I was so close with, but I regret everyday how we grew apart how we always thought there was more time.. So I am adding a poem that I have read a hundred times and each time it really hits home. It makes me want to spend more time with my kids , and tell my friends how much they mean to me..
This poem was written by a teenager with terminal cancer, it was published by her doctor.
We have been getting ready for Megan's dance recital, and have been practicing with the wig & wearing it to dance practice to see if it will stay on for the whole dance. It would break my heart if it fell off right in the middle in front of all the people! Seems like her Grandma is the only one who can get it to stay on with the tape, and then Megan is getting really good with pulling it down herself when it starts to ride up. I am really proud of her! She loves to keep it on for dance, and it is so amazing how different she acts when she has it on. I don't know if she acts more girly or what but there is definately something different. You gotta love her though b/c as soon as dance is overwith and she is home she rips it off tape or not! She is totally fine with it off and her mom is getting better too! We have another spot in the back right in the middle of the hair that she has left but we don't notice it quit as much as we used to, I think we know that we are not done losing it but it is getting a little easier..
So I have been trying to walk at night, and if Megan catches me trying to leave she will wait out in the driveway so I cannot leave without her. Usually I make her go inside b/c you cannot speed walk when you have a 5 year old with you!! Last night I saw how upset she was b/c she just wanted to be with her mom so I caved and let her come with me. We were walking by Midland College and the cops had some girl pulled over and had her doing a sobriety test - well we were pretty close to it (close enough that the cops waved at her) anyway we walk by and Megan as loud as can be says "look someone is getting busted"!!!! Oh it was so funny!!! She has the sarcastic sense of humor that is soo funny she makes me smile all the time..
So ANYWAY I did have a moral to my story - and it is that I need to slow down - when I get home I am always going 100 miles an hour. I put things off for another day, make kids stay home when all they want is to be with us. We have to be greatful for the time we have with them as kids, everyday is a gift! I had a best friend in school and after we graduated everytime we would see each other it was like no time had ever passed we would be as close as ever. That was the thing, we always thought we would have another day, another time to hang out. Have another time to tell each other how much we cared. She and her husband were killed in a car accident. I am very greatful that I had someone who I was so close with, but I regret everyday how we grew apart how we always thought there was more time.. So I am adding a poem that I have read a hundred times and each time it really hits home. It makes me want to spend more time with my kids , and tell my friends how much they mean to me..
This poem was written by a teenager with terminal cancer, it was published by her doctor.
Slow Dance
Have you ever watched kids
On the merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping the ground?
Ever followed a butterflys erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short
The music won't last..
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask how you are?
Do you hear their reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short
The music won't last..
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cuz you never had time
to call and say "Hi".
You beter slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short
The music won't last..
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.....
Love,Liz
