Full Circle

Edit: I started this post a night or two after Annaleese started kinder- I'm just now finishing it...


It's nights like this where you have an epiphany, and suddenly you have a new found respect and appreciation for someone in your life.

I was standing in front of the sink cleaning up while Scott was grilling the burgers, Annaleese was face timing Grammie, Peyton was busying her self with the iPad, and it all seemed so chaotic. Every thing was happening so fast, yet time stood still. I am now the mother of a kindergartener. We are parents of a kindergartener. We now have a new set of responsibilities. We now have to plan, schedule, and repeat on a daily basis. I am okay with all of that. But, I realized something else entirely: My mom must have been superwomen.

She did all of this and more. Laundry, cleaning house, homework, working on the weekends, cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. My head literally is spinning thinking about it all. I do most of those tasks daily( I need to get better about cooking dinner), and I'm sure we will fall in to a routine and it will be no big deal soon.

It's funny though, how life comes full circle and you finally realize how much work your parents actually put in to give you a sense of normalcy  and make day to day life so seamless.