Monday September 29th, 2014

My Favorite Moment of the Day: Waking up this morning and getting hugs and kisses from my family. Can't imagine something happening today that gets any better than that!

Thing that Made me Laugh Today: This didn't happen today, but often last week while we were on vacation in Atlantis. Many of the employees there, and the lady at the airport, said how young and good Kristin and I looked. Maybe they were just blowing smoke, maybe they were just trying to be nice, but you don't get compliments in everyday life very often, at least not as a grown up. So to get several each day, boy that was nice!

Thing that Made me Think Today: I'm amazed at how much I have changed over the years, with regards to competition and trying to "get ahead". When I was younger, as a young adult, I really wanted to make a lot of money, move up the ladder, go go go. Sometimes I feel that way about the kids, and I get competitive about the basketball teams I coach. Mostly though, I just want to spend time with the family, seeing the kids and Kristin smile and enjoy each other. I struggle with my desire for that, and realizing that the kids don't want to do only that, that they want to go go go and do do do. they do love spending family time together, but Olivia definitely already has gotten to the point where she needs more than that to be happy, and Claire is getting there. I suppose I'll be able to reconcile it at some point, and hopefully seeing them be happy doing the things they enjoy will give me the fulfillment that I've done my job right.