dear Mikki and Katie…
as your mom, i feel it imperative that i tell you one thing about myself that i am sure you have already figured out in your short 6 and 3 years on this planet. ready for it? i am AWFUL at keeping things in perspective. awful. this summer has been filled with nothing but examples of this obvious fact and/or personality deficit.
{just a sample of things that might send me over the edge are as follows…}
the dishes not done by 3pm, the fact that laundry is piled up in the cellar and we might have to go buy a whole new wardrobe tomorrow if i don’t get to it, shoes on the wrong feet, the cat knocks over a glass of water, crayons braking, i forgot to buy milk at the grocery store twice…in the same day, i didn’t get all the editing i wanted to get done today {or ever!}, noggin seems to be out for some reason {a near epic tragedy if you ask me}, the cake fell, you both got dirty playing in the sand box when you decided to combine the pool AND the sand to make a ‘faux beach’ in the back yard, i forgot to bring my lucky hair tie to my session {yes…i have one…}; i get upset over the fact that i get upset at everything and that upsets me more….the list goes on {and on…believe me}.
there might not be hope for me girls, as i can feel the last shreds of my sanity dissolving away in the dish soap i am using to get the chocolate milk out of the fibers of my most precious couch that i have had since before i met your father….but alas, there MIGHT be hope for you. my advice: frame every so-called catastrophe with this question: “in five years, is this REALLY going to matter? ”
the answer will almost always be………..no.
no..it doesn’t. not the dishes or the laundry, or the editing or the back yard beach, or even the spilled chocolate milk {because by then, i might get a new couch…yay!!}
deep breath…..{and scrubbing}….and 5 years of perspective.
all my love darlings,
mommy 
p.s: daily mantra: concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary…{ray.knight}
p.p.s: i love my couch…no more milk in the living room.
by amanda.b.
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