Days like these

There are days when nothing seems to go right.  Kids fight.  Husband works late.  Rain keeps you stuck inside.  Kids fight.  Laundry takes over.  Kids won't eat lunch.  Telemarketers call.  Garbage can spills.  Kids fight.  And you try to remember what it was like to be just you.  To call up a friend and meet on the spur of the moment for lunch or drinks.  When you could at least call up a good friend and just talk without interruption. 

I am so blessed to be surrounded by such an amazing group of friends.  A true support system from way back.  Most of them are mothers now, so they TOTALLY get where I am coming from.  I am glad that our friendships have endured times when we didn't see each other for months on end but could call each other for anything and then when we did meet, it was like a moment hadn't passed at all.  I am fortunate to have family members (sisters, aunts, cousins) that I consider to be truly wonderful mothers and that I could turn to for anything.  I look up to them and consider myself blessed to have so many wonderful roll models.

I hope my girls have important, lasting friendships like that.  I see it developing already with each other.  Maya and Riley's twin bond that began in the womb continues today when they snuggle on the couch to watch TV and their legs are intertwined and they are holding hands.  Or the like the other night when checking on them late, we found Maya asleep in Riley's bed.  Maya and Riley won't go to bed until they have said prayers with Teagan, sang her a song and kissed her good night. 

Today has been a good day.  Days like these I'll take any day of the week.  While cleaning up lunch the girls decided to "dance".  Hand in hand they went round and round the dining room table.  Laughing and giggling (and occasionally tripping over one another).  But they would stop, help one another up and ask "are you OK?" and right back to "dancing" they would go.  Yup, these are the days that make all of those "other" days bearable.