One of life's great blessings...

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have
ceased to believe in yourself."

Monday turned out to be a great day.  I am so excited to dive into this mommy world and live out my dream as long as possible of staying home with baby cupcake, and have a husband who is so willing to support me in doing that.  When I think of staying at home and being a mom, I think back to my days of glory in nannying.  I remember that was my favorite job and everyday I was happy to go to work, even if the previous day had just been horrible.   When I think back to those days. I remember having to learn coping mechanisms to keep from: pulling my hair out, screaming at kids who just wouldn't listen and fighting all day non-stop, counting down or setting a timer to when parents got home so I could just leave, and sometimes feeling cabin fever or plain lonely.I have realized that as glorious as being a stay at home mom is... and I so wish they had a better title than this because mommas do so much more than they are ever credited for, that there are struggles of working all day as a momma too.
For one thing you can't just leave your work and go home at the end of the day because it stays with you wherever you go!

I have realized how important it is for mommas to have friends who are willing to come over and chat.  So many of my friends who are moms are craving and needing that adult interaction, because of all they deal with throughout the day.  So when one of my mommy friends asked me if I wanted to tag along to help her out in getting her kids to gymnastics I most readily agreed. Holding a 7 week baby, playing with a 19 month old who is ready to play in anything and everything, talking with children who have the sweetest outlooks on life, and laughing about the funny things they do... my immediate answer was Yes please!  So I tagged along.

My main intention of hanging out with S was wanting to help her but she said something interesting to me as I left.  She said "so many people offer to come help clean my house or ask what they can do and I know my other kids can help me keep my house relatively clean but what I need is a friend, just someone to come over and talk to me."

Even though I don't have my baby yet that is exactly what I had been thinking about some of the lonely days I have faced in Edmonton, I just needed a friend.  I am so excited to step into this new phase of life of having a baby and being able to share in the mommy stories and woes of life with the mommy friends I have both here in Edmonton and in Calgary.  I know the saying goes to have a friend, you need to be a friend and I found that it was simply amazing being able to take some time from a busy school schedule and juggling dr. appointments to be a friend really brightened my entire week.  I know I benefited from it as much as S did, if not more.