Feelings

Oh what a wonderful way to start a day. The kids let me sleep in! Until 10am! Oh what a blessing and a joy!

After a start like that it's only downhill from there, right? I mean, honestly, sleep and a shower, could a mother have a better day? Okay, okay, yes. There are many other things that quantify a marvelous day. Watching a joyful toddler proudly hold her baby brother on her lap, nuzzling her cheek against his, for instance. A scene like that beats a shower any day.

And then there are the moments when that same joyful (and disobedient) toddler squirts herself in the eye with a mixture of vinegar and water from a spray bottle her mother very clearly told her NOT to touch (has told her for the past couple of days, as a matter of fact). It would seem, from the screams, that vinegar in the eye is a very unpleasant feeling, as is the feeling of knowing your daughter is in pain.

A nice feeling, though, is having her wipe her tears in your chest as you attempt to ease her discomfort by the only means available - a giant, unending hug that somehow makes the pain bearable for both of us.

Another nice feeling is knowing that, being that she's punished herself the best way possible, we probably won't have to deal with the spray bottle issue again in the foreseeable future.