All things bright and beautiful...

...all creatures great and small.
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all.

Today is one of those days that I want to literally climb to my roof and yodel to the heavens for joy and adoration. I haven't won the lottery. I don't have a clean house. We aren't getting ready for a world wide vacation and I haven't suddenly lost 30 lbs. But those of you know me know that it is the little things that I am most affected by. The slightest irritant can send me into a tailspin of anger and frustration for weeks. The upside to this is that it doesn't take much for me to...well, want to climb on my roof and yodel to the heavens for joy and adoration.

Here it is: Ben walked into school this morning and gave me a hug and a kiss and said, "Bye, Mama."

That's it! But oh, that is enough. No holding him. No showing him the clock and saying, "Ok, it's 8:00 and when that clock says 3:00 I'll be back to get you." No explaining ad naseum about how all children go to school and he isn't going because I have things to do...BLAH! None of it. Simply, "Bye Mama."

My challenge now? To channel the joy into house cleaning productivity!