Dancing with Daffodils

 Today I am just feeling all the feels. I spent awhile this morning crying about Ukraine. I am so sad for my people there, that I have friends who woke up to hearing bombs exploding in their city, my beloved city of Kiev. This aggression is so reminiscent of Hitler and it just kills me that this is a situation we are dealing with in our modern world and that no one wants to get involved militarily. How are we okay with one big country just deciding it wants to take over another one? It is a horrible situation and is just breaking my heart that people I love are in danger.  I also have felt so sad for people I care about dealing with heartbreaking situations with family and health. Then I've been so stressed about all the things my kids are doing and all the things I need to remember to do for them and remind them to do for themselves. Sometimes my head just feels so full of dates and to-do lists and responsibilities and it can be stressful.  I have been called up for jury...

January ended and here we are half way through February. It hasn't been a banner three weeks so not much to say. I went on a field trip with Emma to Elms that was cold but bearable. My group was a bit obnoxious and the whole day gave me a new perspective on Emma. In our family she is the loud and dramatic one who loves attention and has incredible mood swings. After watching her with her peers for a day, I realized that in part she acts that way at home because at school she is very calm, quiet and in control and it must be hard for her to hold that in all day. Kids were pushing her out of the way for the microscope and she was so chill about it; I found it astonishing. She was so patient with some really annoying kids and I was incredibly proud of her. She is such a good girl and shame on me for not recognizing that more often. I enjoyed the time with her and I'm glad I went even though I was so tired afterwards.    Curtis and Lily have both had a lot of after-school band reh...