Yup, My Life Has Changed

I recently took a friend out to help cheer her up at her place of choice. We ended up in a smoke filled, maximum capacity obtained, small bar with patrons singing karaoke. There were a lot of nice looking young people there & a few who didn't fit that description. Now, back in the day I would have been flirting most likely. Now, however, I looked at these people & thought, "hm, I know I'm old enough to be his or her mother, maybe his mom too". Now that just takes the fun outta the whole deal right there I tell you what! I am no longer sensing myself as a vibrant woman, but rather as a mother with no sexuality attached at all. I'm even understanding for the first time & envying how my grandparents had separate twin beds with a night stand between them! I'd sleep so much better without my husband's arm occasionally drifting over to my side of the bed or cover pulling tug-of-war.

Seeing the world through young, innocent eyes is a nice reminder of days gone by & helps make up for the above paragraph full of age-acknowledgement. My husband recently made a retaining wall in our front yard. My 3 yr old asked, "What dis gonna be mom?" I answered him saying, "It's going to be a flower bed full of pretty flowers." My son then excitedly said, "Oh yeah, fwower bed, me want to seep in it!" (translation: Oh yeah, a flower bed, I want to sleep in it!"). I believe he mentioned it & he would smell good too. Not only does my 3 yr old have a new take on what a "flower bed" is but he also managed to teach his father, an Information Systems Manager, a new computer trick by what he managed to do to my little PC in just a matter of seconds. He's definitely Daddy's boy!!!

I guess that would make my daughter all mine. She recently dented our pickup truck's bed turning a corner too sharp & hitting a pole in a drive up coffee/juice stand. She was told to get an estimate to have it fixed. Apparently she got a "cuteness discount" only being quoted $400. with an on the spot estimate despite the place advertising estimates by appointment only. She claims she couldn't have looked too good being in her cross-country running uniform but apparently the body shop would disagree with that - Whoopee!!!
Well Dear Readers, whomever your higher power be, Be Blessed & enjoy each stage of your life!