Random Thoughts

I have thought a lot about the hurt in our world. There is so much of it. Haiti. For one. That has made a huge impact on me. It is in my mind constantly, still. Now that we are a few weeks from the initial quake. So sad for these people.

Friends who have sick family members. Friends who have parents die. Ugh, death. The pain that goes with this loss is not something that can be measured or described. So sad for my friends.

Homes that aren't as happy on the inside as they appear to be on the outside. There are children who go home to very uncertain and unloving situations every day. They did not chose this, it was chosen for them by the decisions the adults who are their caretakers (it is hard for me to call them parents) make. These decisions affect children who have no impact on the outcome of these decisions. Yet, the children are impacted. Ugh. So sad.

I have happy random thoughts as well, not all sad ones.

I can kiss B's head now when he stands right next to me. I don't have to pick him up or really bend over to do this. He will be EIGHT in April. I think he will be taller than me and his dad.

I have a little girl who braved her 5 year old shots yesterday with very loud screams that ended as quickly as they began. Fear for a 5 year old is huge! However, the happiness of an almost 5 year old who realizes it is all over is huge for her mom.

Our almost 5 year old has 6 more months until she begins Kindergarten. Six more months and both of our children will be in school - no longer in daycare.

I have a wonderful husband who helps me provide a wonderful, secure, safe and happy (I hope) home for our children. So thankful for this man.

We have such wonderful friends in our life. I think about many of them on a daily basis and wish there was a way to let them know this as the thoughts go through my mind. I need to take more time to talk let them know they are thought of.

Planning birthday parties is so much fun for me. A 5 year old party is coming up on the 12th and then a 40th birthday party for my sister on the 20th. So much fun putting both of them together.

just some random thoughts.