This last year was quite eventful… for me anyway. If someone else were to look in at my life it might seem dull, mundane, messy, frugal… and full of sippy cups, diapers and some runny noses. I found it full of life and excitement, yet still full of sippy cups and diapers. In 2011 we moved to a town we said we would never move to and when we did, we thought it was temporary, but to our surprise we fell in love with this crazy little town. This place has the best rodeo ever and even decorates for Christmas with sparkly spurs! Now we aren’t official Cowboys yet, though I was tempted to buy all the cute cowgirl clothes, but we love the people and the feeling that we are where we are supposed to be. In this last year, our Dylan turned two and has kept me busy. He started talking (when it suits him), he met Buzz Light year and got to know his sister who he simply calls “baby”. Though he is tough on “baby” I see his love for her. When I am not looking he feeds her, pats her head and gives her toys to play with. Noel turned one, started walking, started eating everything she could get her tiny hands on and basically melted Corbet’s heart into a soupy puddle. Noel changed the parenting game for us. If the person who names hurricanes is looking for a good “N” name, I have an idea for them.
In 2011 Corbet learned that he is in fact not too old to change careers and even follows his dream of writing a book. As far as our marriage goes… in December it was our sixth year anniversary! We had dinner plans that were foiled by our kids, but we put them to bed and sat on the couch just happy to be together. It’s still love, we still get excited to see each other at the end of the day and we laugh so much that we forget we’re broke. How it keeps getting better… I just don’t know.
I even learned some things about myself in 2011. I learned that I still love to write and that I have a voice in the matter of mothering. Mothering for now is my canvas and I am happy to create the best life I can for my children. I have learned that mothering is not forever and when my kids are gone and grown I better be able to look at myself and know who I am… even apart from being a mom. I am still a woman with opinions, intellect and well, a little attitude. I have learned that I better keep up on myself because no one else is going to and I am worth it. I have also learned that I NEED my husband to help me with the kids, but when he is at work and we don’t see him for days… I can do it by myself. I can take my kids to church by myself and when I see Dylan is missing his dad I can even get on the floor and wrestle for a while. I can get a chair when I can’t reach something and use a drill and remember to take out the garbage on Tuesdays.
In 2011 I went to my 10 year high school reunion and realized that I am right now in the prime of my life… even if I can’t fit into my old cheer skirt, or even my wedding dress. Right now is the best. The greatest lesson I learned in 2011 is to stop waiting for life to happen. Be happy in your little duplex, even if your cougar neighbor has a more exciting life than you! Be happy that your daughter is into everything, she is healthy and happy. Be happy that Dylan is two because he will be three soon and then 18. Be happy your husband has a job… period. Just be happy, it is truly a choice and a choice I gladly made in 2011. As I smile on twenty eleven I feel a sense of gratitude and I have joy in knowing that all of my blessing came from God himself and then I smile bigger when I realize that he will be coming with me to 2012.
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