Yep, I got sleep! For the first time in over 2 years, I slept IN! Here's the story...
Yesterday, I got some really sad news. A friend of mine, who is close in age, and is married with two young daughters found out she has cancer. At this point, I don't know too many details, but I know that it was a routine blood test that got the doctors worried- and now all of the sudden, their lives are completely turned upside down. It really got me thinking. So many times I think that my life is stressful- lack of income, being a single mom, the thought of leaving AJ to go back to work, the stress of raising a 2 year old, wondering (or worrying) constantly about our future... but all of these things are ok. All of these concerns are things that I can and will deal with. They are not life threatening and thankfully, we are healthy.
So, back to last night. When I got this news, all I wanted to do was be with AJ. I wanted to hug and kiss him and snuggle with him. Because of this, at his bed time, I decided that it would be good for us to lay in my bed and watch a movie together. It was just more time for us to be together, having fun.
I turned on his FAVORITE movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (which is pretty cute, and I recommend it if you have little ones) and we just hung out in bed together. I'm not sure when we fell asleep, but I do remember looking over at him at about 5am and seeing him snoozing away and I remember falling back asleep. We didn't wake up again until SEVEN FORTY FIVE!!! This absolutely NEVER happens. This kid is always up by 6:30- and it's usually more like 5:45 or 6am! I was blown away!
Made me think that co-sleeping might not be the worst thing in the world! And it also made me wonder if it's time to get him a big boy bed?
I'm so incredibly thankful that I have a healthy boy and a healthy family. It makes me sad to think that it takes something terrible in someone else's life to make me really appreciate what I have. It's something I'm going to work on. I am very lucky.
1 comment:
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. It's so strange how life can change so fast. One of my friend's daughters had been having headaches and went in for a routine MRI and then found that she had a 5 inch brain tumor, and was admitted to the hospital the next day. Fortunately it wasn't cancerous and they were able to remove it, but they said if she had gone even a couple of more months she could have died.
Life really is precious and I've been realizing this lately too. Even when I complain about things in my life, if I just stop and sit down and really think about things..I realize I am blessed.
So glad that you had that precious night with AJ. That is so sweet. And YAY for sleeping in!
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