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Take Time To Say It

I say it every day. I tell my kids when they are running out the door. I tell my mother when she goes to sleep every night. I make sure my friends know it when they are having a bad day. My husband and I tell each other every time we are done with a conversation on the phone, after we have a stupid fight and before we fall asleep. Its is so simple and yet sometimes lost in our everyday lives.

There are times when we refuse to say it because we are angry or frustrated. Then there are times when it is used as a weapon. Sometimes we can be careless with it. Sometimes we can be afraid of it. There are even some who will die for it.

Looking back I wish I had said it more. To my mother. To my father. All I can do now is say it as much as I can and as often as I can to everyone I care about. Being a caregiver makes you think about the should a could a would a in life. This is one thing I don't ever want to look back on and say I should a said  more.

Take time to say it.

    love you

the good days

Ahhhhh.

What a nice quiet weekend. Every once in a while, on a rare occasion we have a few days in a row where everything just goes slow and easy and dare I say it … relaxing. This was one of those weekends. Friday night was not very quiet but still a stress reliever. The kids were out with friends and Todd had to work so I invited a few girlfriends to the house for cocktails. We even got Judy to dance it out with us for about a minute before she took off to bed. It's so nice to have friends over when you know you can't get out of the house.

On Saturday my husband stayed home with mom so I could go out with Ivette for her birthday. Kim and I took her to the nail salon for “mani petties” and then to lunch. Let me just say that I am willing and able to spend all day in a spa but an hour with the girls getting my nails done is a luxury these days.

 Then there was Sunday. What a perfect lazy day. Mom and I had breakfast and read the paper. Well, we looked at the adds but it was still nice. Then we just sat on the couch watching movies and TLC all day. I am so grateful for days like this and I have to say that even though I don't acknowledge it all the time I am so appreciative for these little movements and for all I have in my life. just felt the needed to throw that in.

 Monday will be a full and a busy day even though it’s a holiday. We plan on taking the family out to run errands, have lunch and go to a movie. So as much as I don’t want to jinks it, I am really hoping for another easy day. One can hope rite?

Wishing everyone a happy relaxing memorial day and I hope we all take a moment to remember why we have this day off and to spend it with the people we love.

Happy Mamma's Day Mamma : )

First of all; I wanna say this isn't Mariah. This is her daughter Katie. I wanted to thank you all for reading and supporting my mom's blog. She is one of the most hard working moms and I truly appreciate everything she does. She’s been through so much and I’ve never met anyone stronger than she is. I have a lot of friends with a lot of crazy mom’s and it makes me realize that my mom isn’t so bad ; ). She’s understanding and funny and smart and she’s always there for me when I need her. I know that I don’t have a lot of money, common sense or normalcy in my life. But one thing I know for sure is that I have the best mom a girl could ask for.  I wouldn’t trade her in even if I could. Happy Mother’s day Mom.