Here’s another rarity- Mom’s night out. The title explains itself, but I’ll explain. Mom by herself going out with other moms, by themselves. No kids. Bliss. Heaven. LOL
As much as you love your kids, you need to get away once in a while. It’s been since mid-October for me. Usually it involves scrapbooking. But not tonight. Tonight was having a dinner that I didn’t have to cut into small pieces or share with anyone and some alcoholic beverages at a posh chic place in “downtown” Morris. It was nice. The atmosphere was relaxing and yet exciting. Tense with discussion, but not discipline. LOL. There was no yelling – well, not child yelling. There was no crying. Well, I take that back. Someone was explaining how their children had touched their life – so it was good crying. And there was no changing diapers. And that one, I mean – no changing diapers. LOL
It’s always nice to get out and converse with other adults. Although, we have a tendency to still talk about our children. After all, they ARE our lives. We live for them. We stay home for them. We work for them. They are a part of us that we want to succeed MORE than we did. There is no better thing in my life than my children – sorry, Dan – but that includes you, my husband. Yes, there are days in which I want them to just behave or act nicer, or just stop screaming – but those moments are few and far between. The ones that really matter are the days in which you were able to step back and store in your memory a beautiful moment. A giggle, a look. A phrase, an action. Something that makes your heart smile. Those are the moments that make all those bad moments just melt away. Those are also those moments in which I love to remember and recite to my friends to make them smile. 
