The Mom Song Made Me Cry

There are happy tears and there are sad tears.  We know about those, right?  I do not know the name for the tears and emotion I am experiencing right now.  Hysteria? Madness? Overwhelmed?  I don’t know.  But this is the funniest and most beautiful clip I have ever seen.  Whether you are a parent or someone’s kid, this is something you cannot miss.  Please Mama Mar, I know the clips are hard to view way up there in northern Michigan, but this one is worth it!

Thanks to my friend Nancie for sending it my way!

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My 9 year old daughter, Sari, has a mind of her own. I am sure I have mentioned that once or five times.  But how do I discipline her when the very rules she breaks end up making my day?

I turned 40 last week.  I wasn’t dreading the actual age thing. I might even say I was looking forward to it and the peace and wisdom it represents to me. My niece and nephew spent the night with us and played games and watched movies. We stayed up pretty late and I must have been distracted because I had no thoughts of birthday on my mind when I fell asleep or when I woke up.

I was startled awake early in the morning by the sounds of things clanking in my kitchen. Sari loves to make food arrangements and surprises for her Dad and me.  Unfortunately, she reaches too high, drops things, breaks things, and wants to cut and slice things, makes messes, wastes food, and doesn’t clean up well… all in the name of love.

When I woke up to the clanging in the kitchen I did not open my eyes. If I had I would have seen the giant HAPPY BIRTHDAY(a leftover from her birthday in November) balloon that was hovering at my face in bed. Instead I just yelled, “Sari! No dabbling in the kitchen unsupervised… I’ll be up soon.”  It was ridiculously early, by the way.  And I thought that was the end of it. I was wrong.

When I did finally open my eyes I saw the balloon. I then remembered someone rubbing my hands and whispering “Happy Birthday Angel” while I was asleep. The kitchen clanging finally made sense as I realized I had probably ruined her birthday surprise for me.

I tip toed out of my room to see Sari and my niece of 15 doing SOMETHING. They were making me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and balloons to set up near the breakfast platter they had prepared, as seen in the picture above. It was gorgeous.

Yes she climbed on top of the cupboards to get the decorative (and dustfilled) cups to fill with water and crystal light.  She sliced fruit without my supervision but I am told she used a butter knife on the bananas and that my niece sliced the apples.  And all the food was wasted because I don’t eat in the mornings, as my daughter knows. But all that was washed away as I took in the gift of the beautiful presentation, and the love and effort behind all the tiny things she did that morning to make sure I felt good.

How do you punish someone for that?

Considering I have not posted for over a month, I guess it’s a no brainer that at the top of my list of New Year’s Resolutions should be to POST MORE!  I can’t make excuses for myself because everyone has lived through the same busy craziness as I have, and still succeeded in managing their blogs, families, households, holidays, and schedules. Good for them and their organization. There is another resolution for me!

In fact, I have a long list of goal setting this year. Some are dumb resolutions, some are famous resolutions, and I even learned that I have New Years ideas in common with some celebrity New Years Resolutions.

Like Eva Longoria I intend to give up meat this year.

I will match Fergie’s resolution to workout more and eat better, and raise her with a plan to lose weight.

Brittney Spears wants to worry less in 2009 and enjoy her life. I am glad to see that she recognizes how blessed she is. I will follow her lead.

Tori Spelling wants to drink more water and so do I. I have recently discovered and fallen in love with Pepsi Max, though. Wish me luck!

Organization, smelling the roses, being healthy, spending time with family… at the core it seems we all want the same things, doesn’t it?

To say that Christmas passed at the blink of an eye is an understatement. Ordinarily the madness begins with Thanksgiving but this year was special. We were consumed by the monumental election.  After the election I jumped on the Big Three Automakers train and rode it right through to today. Oh yeah, and I turned 40. My first exhale in two months. I guess my last resolution should be to slow down, breathe, make the most of what I can control, and not sweat what I can’t.

Happy new Year!