Everyday Rockstars
My sis and I with our kids and niece at Easter.
While I’d like to think I’m a superstar mother for rushing to Aldi after work, gathering, purchasing and bagging $145 of much-needed groceries, and then loading them in the trunk, ALL IN LESS THAN 25 minutes, so I could hit the road to meet Lily at the end of her 4-H meeting, I know I’m not. I’m just one of many rockstar mothers all over the planet, kicking ass and taking names and getting things done. Seriously. Rockstars. Rockstars in mini-vans and cubicles with dried snot on their shoulders and dreams in their heads. Ordinary, beautiful women who could all benefit from a wife of their own: someone “whose sole ambition is laundry,” as the song goes…
I’ve been busy, but aren’t we all?
Life is good. The kids, the flowers and my windowsill herb garden are growing. Easter was lovely. And best of all? Our first camping weekend is coming up, and I can’t wait.
I’m blessed in a lot of ways, but maybe one of the best ways is that I get to be a huge influence in the lives of my children and my siblings’ children. I get to be reminded that life isn’t all work, stress, bills and friction. It’s better than that. Life is the next crawdad we find in the creek, the next bowl of ice cream, the next wrestling match with dad. Life isn’t yesterday or tomorrow or when we lose ten pounds or when we get that raise. Life is now.
And sometimes, on a Tuesday night, when you’re feeling tired and uninspired and in a bit of a slump? Well, that’s life too. And it’s fine.
We need our valleys to find our mountains.
Thanks EJ, I was in a bit of a slump today, but reading your blog and seeing the pics of those babies made it much better. It is life, and it is just fine. Happy Tuesday.
Excellent as always! Weekend is coming. One more trip to Athens and You Can Do It!
Erin Jo, Your messages are more heartfelt and powerful than you might think. The more I read the more inspired I become. Thank you for sharing your life with us. Much love from California. You definitely are a rock star in my eyes. My life changed today as a result of reading your words.
What a wonderful comment. Thank you! If you haven’t yet, be sure to dig through the archive to December 2010 to find the post I wrote about YOU!