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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