Valentines Day

After a week of little to no sleep, my day started with being woken at 6am by a cranky daughter. Waving her shorts in my face she loudly demanded, "find my correct sports shorts" before flinging herself down on the ground crying "I'm too tired for this, I'm going back to bed and I don't care if I'm late for school"!

The parent in me thought, this is not appropriate behaviour but the exhausted pigeon in me, was like you go girl ain't nobody got the energy for 6am short fights!

The day progressed as normal. Trying to juggle 600 balls in the air, attempting not to drop any whilst fearing the usual thought that I should be juggling more without being sure what that more is.

I didn't even realise it was Valentines Day till late morning. Those that know me, know that I'm usually planning for my favourite holiday at least a week ahead. By late afternoon I caught myself replying to Valentine's well wishes from DJ with slurs against those who celebrate Valentine's Day.

Time for a reality check! Time to shift my perspective, while a script for Valium and a bottle of wine still sounds like a great way to celebrate I'm forcing myself to remember what it is that matters to me about this day.

Love. For each other, my children, my friends, my family. Without love for and from them, I doubt I'd get through days like today. So I decided to chuck on my pjs, order some pizza and pick up a treat for each child so they would know they are seen.

I started feeling better straight away and yep that little flutter of excitement about acknowledging a day totally reserved for the celebration of love started to rise. Happy Valentine's, hope you are all having a fantastic day and if not that you are able to at least shift perspective and focus on what makes it great.

P.s I bought the bottle of wine! 😁