optomistic child

one day he goes to school and comes home and tells me he had no one to play with at recess. He jt uswalked around the drizzly playground with his hands in his pockets. His new kid in school blues nearly broke my mother heart. the next week he is happily climbing into the car and telling me about all his new buddies... although he can't remember their names.

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never mind that he is either sleeping on the futon or the floor these days. no bed? no dresser? no problem. He is so happy because he now has one bedroom to sleep in and two (empty ones) to play in. and besides- haven't you heart that it is so cool to keep your clothes in boxes?
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I only brought one box of Christmas decor, and picked up a 3" pre-lit tree at goodwill. so needless to say it is a Charlie Brown Christmas at our house. he was just as thrilled to decorate with me as every other year when we decked the whole place and cut down our own tree.

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I am sitting here trying to get energy and motivation to clean our bathrooms when he returns from a potty break and happily declares that it is so cool that we have three bathrooms because we can all go potty at the same time. how much fun is that???

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I only wish I were more like my child. hearts only break for minutes. Ice cream can fix anything. hugs make all hurts go away and there is always, always something on the bright side.