Dear Max & Jake,
Yeah, so it’s July. Really.
I’ve been busy doing a whole lot of nothing. At least nothing that gives me any sense of accomplishment. Kind of like you two. I mean, you don’t really “accomplish” much everyday. You play, we read, you learn, but no one great thing is produced in one day. That’s why being a stay at home mom is hard. We know that we are molding you and shaping the person you will be, but the progress is something hard to see. Sure, you are talking more, saying more, understanding things, but it’s not something you can always recognize. However, when you do accomplish something big, it’s awesome. You learn all the words to a song, you memorize a book, something we’ve worked on for a long time. You finally get it. It’s a great accomplishment. However, it’s short lived, because now that you’ve got that down we are on to the next thing. It never stops. Sometimes it’s exhausting. It’s called LIFE.
Break. Can’t remember what I wrote in last month’s letter. Oh yeah, have I mentioned I had back surgery?
You know, it’s good that you are so young right now. This has been the most trying time of my life and I’m grateful in some ways that you are both so young that you won’t remember this. I am an emotional wreck and you have watched WAY too much TV in the past 2 months. Such is life. All you will remember is what I tell you. So I better shut this up.
Things are peachy. You are both cute as can be and perfect little angels that need an occasional body slam. Sometimes I bang my head against the wall.
Happy June!
Love,
Mama
