Mother of the year award right here. Just left my 9-year-old at home alone without saying a word to her. ?? She DID go to her friend’s earlier. And then came home and told me said friend wasn’t home – a fact I completely forgot as I left to pick up the boys from church.
In the spirit of keeping things real: the past 24 hours have been maybe the worst with my kids ever. The teenage years are here to kick ass and take names. But tonight I took them to dinner and gave them little gifts and told them how much I loved them and I meant it, and I guess that’s what true love really is … showing up and loving fiercely, even when you don’t feel like it. And then grounding them. Also that.
The Howerton kids see every holiday as an excuse to make cupcakes …
Romantic love is amazing. It is intoxicating and exhilarating and exciting and comforting. It is also optional. It is a lovely and life-affirming experience to be in love, but it is not the air we breathe. A reminder today to be grateful for the many kinds of love you find yourself in, but that in the absence of certain manifestations of love, you are still enough.
Accidentally used the kids’ “purple depositing shampoo” thinking it was my “purple toning shampoo” so I guess I will be rocking purple highlights for a few days. ??
