{My Permission Slip}

I really didn't accomplish anything today. I kept my kids home from school with light coughs and runny noses. They probably could have gone, but I thought they oughtta be home "just in case" it was the real thing. Nobody got their hair combed, and I cancelled my biolife appointment because I didn' t (and shouldn't) want to take sick kids. We finally got tired of TV and ran to the store for a few things so that we could make halloween sugar cookies. We killed time wandering the toy isles and making wish lists. We stopped for a very late lunch at Dairy Queen where we had blizzards and French Fries. We came home and the kids and I baked cookies together. There were eggs dropped on the floor and an entire box of baking soda dumped on the counter. Every surface in the kitchen is covered with something sticky, powdery, or sweet. As I walked into the computer I noticed a big blob of cookie dough on the bathroom counter. And I'm leaving it that way until tomorrow.

I could feel like a failure as a mother right now.... "Sluffing" school, ignoring grooming, zero nutrition meals, dirty (and I mean really dirty) house... but I don't. Sometimes it's ok to let go. To skip the hard things and just focus on being together. Today I gave myself a permission slip to do that. I skipped dishes and laundry and the vaccuum, and you know what?

I made memories with my children.

Write yourself a permission slip today to do something that you wouldn't normally do. I promise, it will be fabulous.