Distractions of the mundane mommy

     This post is coming a tad late because frankly, I couldn’t bring myself to write it. Sunday  was Mother’s Day. The one day of the year besides my birthday when I don’t  have to do anything. And please don’t misunderstand me, with my kids it was lovely. Until last night when my daughter got sick. But I woke up crying because my first thought was OMG it’s Mother’s Day and my Mom is  dead!  There’s not a thing I can do about it. I can cry, scream and yell but it won’t change the fact that the woman who made me who I am is gone.       I wish I could write some eloquent post on how I handled the day with grace, but I would be lying. I cried!!! I cried when I woke up, I cried through church, I made it through brunch but when I got home, you guessed it I cried. I cried because I want to tell her everything about my life. "Look mom, I finally quit that job I hated because of the shift, and now I am scared to death. What should I do?" "Mom,...

Y’all my daughter had the coolest 4th grade project. They had to pick a character do a biography on them, and then pretend to be that person and give a speech. My daughter chose Harriet Tubman. I’m not going to lie, her first choice was JK Rowling because she’s a Potterhead but alas the rule was they had to be dead. So her love for Harriet Tubman was born. I have to tell you I was so proud of her!! My daughter picked a strong woman as one of her hero’s. I thought she did a great job representing her.  There were lots of Anne Frank’s , Wright brothers and Harriet Tubman’s. There was also a PT Barnum which I thought was unique. What an exciting way to get these kids excited about history. To let them find out more information about someone they admire. From what I understood this was a district wide project and I give the district kudos for doing it. Here is my little Harriet Tubman. I had a hard time coming up with a costume but she got an A so I must have done ok!