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A Note From Your Publisher

By Vicki Little, Macaroni Kid Aurora Publisher September 17, 2014
For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a stay at home mom, PTO president, writer, and active in my church. I am now all of these things. I have the absolute best job in the world because I can stay home and write and be the PTCO president while I coach each of my children's Destination Imagination teams and take them to all of their activities, never missing a field trip or a sick day. I sat on the couch the other day-too tired to get undressed and into bed-and looked around at my messy house and realized I didn't care. Well, I did care because I work and sleep and in general live better when things are picked up, but I didn't care because it is everything I have ever wanted. And it is hard. And I am tired. And sometimes I feel like I am running in a hamster wheel where people on the other side of the cage just sort of glance at me when they walk in the room but don't really appreciate what I am doing. And then I think again.

As nice as appreciation is, it isn't WHY I do the things I do. I love to do them. I love to go to every meeting and sit on every hard chair at every activity and write to wonderful people who email me when they notice I missed a week. I love to walk into the school and make new friends, make teacher's lives easier, get to know my kids' friends. I love knowing about every bad day, every heartache and every success. I love tucking my kids in and sneaking back in later to kiss them one last time. I love the random hugs and smiles, the support from little arms that don't even know they are supporting me. I love my life. The struggles, the things I give up to stay home...all those will be forgotten when the last dirty handprint is cleaned off the wall of a room that will then be emptied by the littlest leaving for college. One day, I will have all the time in the world to clean, and there won't be any more meetings. And then I will appreciate my children for giving me everything I ever wanted.

Have a WONDERFUL week, and hug those babies close!
Vicki

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