Refueling Ourselves

Time and time again we all need to refuel ourselves....this comes in different forms during the day...it can either be time outs for mommy....text's to vent to someone....or just reading something funny....but even with that we still need to breaks away......to remind ourselves of who we are

In this house on any given day my mommy breaks might be a 5 minute break hiding in the bathroom away from everyone and everything....even though it is not truly 5 minutes before someone finds me....but its all I get here in this house....or it might be the quiet time in the morning prior to everyone getting up.....or when I go to the gym and drop the kids off at the child care and head upstairs to be with my music and thats it.....

But even with all that there needs to be more....some times that is not enough to fill me up or make me feel like the adult I am....and to remind myself that yes having kids was worth it....even though there are hours...days...or even weeks that do not seem worth it at that given moment....I know I have been there....and was recently there last week....I need breaks away....to do something else than be the person who is responsible to make sure everyone is feed and bathed....to make sure all the laundry is done and put away....that the house is cleaned...the animals have been feed....the bills paid....we all need breaks where all you need to think about is yourself....what you are going to do for that hour or longer....

This past weekend on Sunday I had my break....and it was worth it....8 plus hours of time away with a friend who is like my sister....we just get each other....its not complicated figuring out what do to....we just needed time together to talk and be with each other without the constant interruption of the kids ....and when it was time to go home to our families we were refueled and ready to be the mommy, wife, housekeeper, bookkeeper, grocery getting again without the bitterness it had prior to having our time away!

Elisa