these are frustrating days.
harper gets fed up easily.
there’s lots of crying, screaming at her sister, and anger.
shrieks, stomping, and hair pulling.
mama isn’t sure how to best deal,
harper isn’t sure how to best deal,
and sadie….well sadie is just baffled, bless her heart.
she bursts into tears every time harper does,
as if she is perplexed as to what she has done wrong.
it makes me think of what it will be like in the teenage years,
and then my mind quickly moves onto something else,
because I’m not quite ready to think about that.
she is two.
and she’s good at it.
but more than that, she is kind and sweet and pure-hearted.
did i ever tell you that every time we go to the grocery store and she gets a balloon,
she never takes it home with her.
she always lets it go right before she gets in the car
and watches it fly away “to daddy”.
and she says “GO SEE DADDY IN AHHGANNISANN!! TELL HIM I WOVE HIM AND THAT HE IS VEWY BWAVE!!!”.
she also tends to her sister.
in the bath she washes her
and when she does something new she encourages her:
“GOOD JOB SADIE!! YOU WALKED!!!”.
every now and then she looks at me and says
” I can’t wait til Daddy comes home again! i miss him vewy much”.
and then, like a flash of lighting, the sweetness is gone.
and she’s back to wailing like a banshee and making mama go in the bathroom,
pray, count to five, and come back out all smiles and sunshine.
but she is a gift.
and i’m blessed that she is in my life.
and that’s what i felt like sharing today.
random, yes…
but it’s life right now.
and all i have to share at the moment!
happy thursday, love to you all!!
xo
s
ETA: today i was looking back through old layouts and apparently what i’m feeling isn’t new: