Monday, Monday

This week, we trudged through our Monday. Not horrible, not great. After getting groceries, some kind of fatigue took over. 🛒 My mom would shake her head and say, “What’s the problem?” 🤷🏻‍♀️

My daughter’s amazing cup of tea helped. ☕️ Well, at some point, our son was out on his scooter. 🛵 I had told him to get some fresh air with the puppy — vs. gaming & his second Caramilk. 🎮 🍫😳 Johnny jumped out of his carrier and fell, onto the sidewalk. 👀 We were terrified. We tended to him. He seemed okay but we still don’t know what we’re doing half the time. 😟 🤦🏻‍♀️

Later, he wouldn’t walk when our daughter took him out -- just sat down, and stared. 🥺 As it was a dark, rainy night, he also refused to pee because the grass was wet. ☔️ Making dinner, I left the kitchen and decided to give it a try. I ran into my parents who live nearby. I don’t see them enough, so even a few moments are precious. ♥️My sister also then gifted me her cacao pumpkin spice muffins. 😋

Eventually, Johnny walked. It took a while though.🐾 Returning home, they’d accidentally forgotten to turn the oven off. 😳 The enchiladas were burnt. Dished piled up. Table wasn’t set. It was now pretty late. ⏰ School reports loomed over me. 📝 Later, we discussed our stiff, non-communicative, flavourless dinner. 🍽

We were able to recognize that the silence, born from stress and misunderstandings, was not our norm.☝🏽We had let it get to us, primarily ME, forgetting gratitude over: a warm house, the (albeit not so lovely) meal we had to eat, that amazing cup of tea, my parents being healthy & active, and Johnny was OK. Having just watched the finale of ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ (WATCH IT) 📺, where a mother, regretting her own life choices, is tragically unable to give her child what she needs, all I wanted to do (before the dinner mayhem), was just wanted to hug my family and cry over my love for them, dammit! 🤗😢 Instead: burnt enchiladas, dirty dishes, Johnny’s fall, and work stress. Our own, little fires everywhere. 🔥

The next day was better. I awoke to Johnny licking my face, jumping with affection. He was back! 🐕‍🦺 And that ability to show emotion without ego is contagious.💫 I did better. My morning coffee and sister’s delicious muffin definitely helped!

Gratitude is everywhere, and everything. I hope your week had it in abundance! 🙏🏽♥️