Much Better

Yesterday was a bummer.  I was tired.  Abel was cranky.  When I put him to bed, he screamed for the second night in a row – he’s teething, his afternoon nap was too late, and so on.

I wrote in my journal last night that I was only going to do three things today: make a card for my friend, play with Abel, and rest.  I hoped I could hold myself to it.

I woke up this morning and reminded myself to be kind and to smile.  I made raspberry muffins for breakfast.  I got the card done right away.  And then I got down on the floor with Abel, picked up his books that he had pulled on the floor.  And then he crawled.  For real.  I was so excited I almost cried.  He’s been mobile for awhile, but there’s something about “real” crawling that’s just so awesome.

In addition to surprising me with his crawling, he also snuggled with me a lot more today.  He was just peaceful and content in my lap, when more often than not he just wants to wriggle out of my grasp and do other things.

Needless to say, today was much better than yesterday.  And I did that.  I started with a better attitude and I let myself have a day to just chill and be content.  It was wonderful and I am so thankful.

Let there be more of it.

I will let there be more of it.