better day

Some days I feel ridiculous. For some reason, as bad as things can feel one day, there is a buoyant optimism that returns each morning. It's almost like there is a daily allotment of hope - some days it is beaten out of you by noon, other days it remains until the sun has set...

It certainly helps to have two lively and entertaining girls bouncing around the house each evening. Last night they performed a Disney-themed show dressed in the Mickey and Minnie costumes I made when they were 1 and 3. Costumes were tight - revelry was high!

This morning I called to tell 4 to put a sticker on her door for sleeping through the night in her room. You'd think I had given her the moon. Giggling and squealing, she dropped the phone and ran off to congratulate herself.

6 got 2 reading stickers. She's happy but a bit more subdued.

How lucky I am.