I find myself sitting here exhausted but so beyond happy after all the fun activities of the day.  I have to confess though, I was slightly stressed at the beginning of the night, and let’s just say I wouldn’t have received the “Mom of the Day” award!!
When I woke up this morning and thought about what we had planned for the afternoon, I got exhausted just thinking about what the night would bring.   I want to say, because of my disabilities , I was a little concerned I would be able to do it all, but thankfully I have some great daughters that helped me get through the night!  I knew it was going to get busy and crazy with trying to coordinate not only the granddaughters that are living with me, but also making sure that timing worked out with my daughter , her fiance’ and the newest 6 month old granddaughter.   In addition to that, it was important to me to meet up with my best friend of 16 years and her crew of kids , sometime throughout the night.    As long as we have known each other, if she was living here in town, we meet up and do Halloween trick or treating with  our kids.   We joked about it last year, because now our own children are grown and no longer trick or treating, yet here we are 16 years later and we still find ourselves out running around town with little ones. She is raising 2 grandchildren, that she has since adopted, and  in addition to them she is a foster parent and has 2 extra little ones this year.    I don’t envy her at all, and honestly I am not sure how she does it.   She has 3 kids under the age of 4 yrs old , plus a 9 or 10 yr old!   When I think of her , two things go through my mind…..#1, she must be Super Woman and I have just never seen the cape , and #2 there is no way at my age I could take on what she has!   I love her dearly, and am very thankful that she is there for those babies! read more