To celebrate being one the boys got to go and get their one year immunizations on wednesday. What a party that was! Caden ended up going to a friends' and my parents were in town so they came with me. We each had a kid and it was still quite a job. They are so busy and were crawling all over the place and just being busy one yr. olds. They each cried when they got their needles. Dylan actually did the whole holding his breath for a few seconds thing. He didn't do it too terribly long though thank goodness. The nurse told us that they have actually had a kid pass out from doing that. Yikes! Anyway - we each got our baby calmed down and dressed and home again. It was time for their naps and they all have been fine. No fever or grouchiness at all. They did really well. I am so glad that mom and dad came though. It was a huge job. And I'm especially glad that it is overwith! Whew!
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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