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When in doubt walk softly, but carry your biggest sword.

Sometimes we need to take a moment to close out all the noise around us. Part of what keeps me sane are those moments where I can be alone with my thoughts. I like to just sit and think about life or daydream about things and places that cannot be.

I’ve been fairly introspective lately. I’ve been in high demand in the house lately, and it is very overwhelming. Xander is 5 going on 16, he thinks he knows better than everyone else. Linette is usually easy to get along with, but it seems her clingy moods always coincide with Xander’s demands for attention. Add a husband and his needs, and suddenly I find myself wishing there were ten of me. I haven’t even started on our pets!

So I take a moment, sometimes by telling Gilbert the kids are his for a bit and disappear into the bath, and realize this utter madness is also my happiness. They want so much of me because they love me, and I love them. I am never alone, even when I seek solitude.

A year ago we were blessed with the little girl we almost decided not to have. We had been trying to conceive another child for so long that we thought something was wrong and maybe I was unable to have another one. Having your first child via emergency c-section can make you all sorts of paranoid.
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I am just testing a cross post to Livejournal.

Edit: Ho hum. Trying to find a way to cross post an image and it look good on both my blog and LJ. :/