because August is not a good writing month

every day I wake up loaded with the soggy and massive burden of obligation to make my sons happy. mostly in the summer. especially when their father is away. but even on the edge of insanity, the glow in my sons' vivacious eyes beaming in merry-go-rounds is enough to move the momster to tears. my exhaustion is buried under bags of shape stickers and concealed in obscurity. I know I am blessed. but of course, I don't have much time to write.

Comments

[Lucinda]

You -are- blessed... Enjoy it while it lasts!
As the stepmother of 12 and 14-year-old girls (and I have them 7 days a week), I'm learning the altogether new burden of spending each summer day going to extraordinary lengths to make them happy, only to see their moods change on a dime at the slightest, most infinitesimal provocation. Puberty can be crushing!
The upside is that I've learned to treasure every single hug and kiss and cuddle I get from my 16-month-old daughter because I know it won't last forever...
You have an enviable ability, by the way, to say so much in only a few sentences, so don't worry about not having much time to write--

[Bella]

yeah, but sometimes you need to put on a Dora tape and enjoy a cup of coffee doing nothing!!!!

[blackbird]

ginandtonicginandtonicginandtonic.

K just called to tell me that he is working the weekend...

[Bella]

adding more: I think there is alot of guilt involved with being a SAHM.. you're home all day with the kids, you need to entertain them. I feel the same (now that pre-school is out). I can't remember a day my mom had to entertain me. I think it's just our generation of moms that put so much pressure on ourselves. Blah!

[christina]

Ohh, Bella is so right-on about the guilt thing. Sometimes I can't shake that guilt when I put my little guy in his pack & play for a half our with a few toys just so I can sit and write and, yes, have my coffee.

Everything you write by the way is good. Good in the sense that short sentences matter just as much as paragraphs do. Sometimes they matter more.

[Flare]

Take your time... we'll always be here. ^^