"....take better care of me!"

I have been dealing with a sick child for nearly a week now. Apparently this horrible virus is going around (I even have friends who kids have suffered from this virus and they live throughout the states....it reminds me of the movie Contagion), and somehow Desi picked it up.  Classes started last week and I spend my Tuesdays and Thursdays away from home all day, so I had to leave her home yesterday. While I was gone she told my niece, and I quote, "My Momma need to take better care of me!".  Let's just note that she is four, and four year old's don't hold back, they say whatever is on their mind. Okay, let's add the fact that she is a mini diva and has lots of attitude, so I can only imagine her tone of voice when she said it.  I felt bad for having to leave her all day, but classes just started, I had to work, and I knew she was taken care of.

I am hoping that she'll be on the mend by the end of the week so she can get back to school.  Not to mention that she'll be her normal self and up to her crazy antics again.  

Hopefully this virus doesn't spread beyond what it already has! 
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Love.

Slow down. Be grateful.

Over the past few days I have been wanting to blog, but nothing was placed on my heart. Nothing blog worthy, anyway. On my way to work I was thinking about gratefulness, and how we tend to take the very small things for granted. Well, this is how the words for my blog began to come together.....

Me: Are you a kid?
Desi: No, I'm a teenager.
*but let us remember that she is only FOUR and as we go back and forth, and it only continued*
Me: No, you should enjoy being a preschooler.
Desi: I'm not a preschool! I'm, uuuuh, what is it called?
Me: High schooler?
Desi: YES!!!

Now, you're probably wondering what in the world this crazy conversation, with a crazy four year old has to do with ANYTHING! This isn't the first time she's claimed to be a teenager, and it isn't the first time I've told her to enjoy being a kid. She's only four, but I want her to always remember to ENJOY being a kid!

Like Desi, many times we try to zoom through life, taking the small things for granted. We may not purposefully take those things for granted, but we do. Take some time and slow down. Enjoy the people you love. Show love to those close to you. Take time out to say "Thank you God/Universe/Life/(whatever you believe in) for __________." Fill that blank in with the things you never really think about.....oxygen, eyes, gravel, grass, nose, mouth, hair, fingernails, internet, rainbows, lady bugs...ANYTHING, just anything that you never really think twice about, but you enjoy. Just slow down, be grateful, and enjoy life.

Everyday Desi teaches me something new. My girl is my heart, and I am oh so grateful for her! She was placed in my life to change it.

Be grateful.
Love.