When rain is just rain…
It’s a beautiful day, my favorite day as a Mom, today is filled with rain… The beauties are next door for a while, they will come home in a few minutes.
Rain, it is my friend. It keeps people inside and close. Because it really is just a great day to slow down, I love rain days because my beauties ask little of me…and I get to say yes to everything. I’m not the president of the NO society. NO we are not going to the pool, NO we can’t go to the park 15 minutes away, NO you are not going to bike ride without me into traffic, NO, NO, NO….
Since playing outside is out, they are more loving in a way they don’t realize. We are stuck inside together, we play cards, snuggle on the couch, read, laugh and I get to delight in them without the guilt…. The messages slowdown in my brain…. I can just be their mom, without the running, jumping, biking, swimming, table dancing (ok that’s for Clive). I don’t feel guilty because of the things my body won’t let me do. I get to be normal, chillax (chill and relax as we call it here)…
I don’t beat myself up with the messages of what I lack, I’m level and “normal” for one spectacular day with the other super moms of the world…
The messages in my brain change to what I CAN do… Cupcakes, check, read, absolutely, paint, move over Monet, watch a movie and doze…perfect… I get to be me in the most beautiful way… Rainy days are my tender teaching moments, when I get to love at my most, when I can breathe and be…. I love the rain.
My kids are so dear they have through no choice of their own “taken the road less traveled”. And I holding their hands lead in my own way, the me I love, the best of me… I breathe…. Take a moment to let the body rest and breathe, nothing to do, nothing to accomplish, just be me, listen to the rain and laugh…
I love the rain…. Time for some jasmine tea and my beauties…