The Amazing, Complicated, Unique Individual

We had my two eldest children over for dinner last night and it was really nice.  I just cooked some comfort food: meatloaf, mashed potatoes, a salad and cupcakes for desert. My son is working hard and trying to save up some money to move to Colorado mid-year, and my daughter leaves for a semester in Spain on Monday.

It is truly amazing when you look at your children and realize just how different each one of them are. I love all five of them, and their individuality truly amazes me. When I was their age things were so different, and I was so different - not really anything like they are. The individuality of human beings is astounding. There truly is no one on earth just like you or I, we are so much more than just a sum of our parts. For some reason that makes me feel kinda lonely.

Here is a Valentine's Day piece I created and listed on Etsy today. I personally don't wear hearts all that often, but I like this piece and it was fun to make.

I still have my head cold and horrible sinus muck - I think I pushed myself a bit too hard yesterday trying to get a nice dinner prepared and the house picked up a bit. I am paying for it today. I am achy and my head is just sooo heavy.

The decision to contact the attorney has been made.  I spoke to our therapist who thought in the very least getting some information from them wouldn't be harmful.  So today I wrote an email to the attorney, and I am waiting for a reply.  The statute of limitations is up.  I wonder what if any good contacting them will do. I don't think there is anything anyone could give me, or say to me today that would make any significant change in my feelings about that time in my life. Maybe someday I will work through all those feelings successfully, but I don't know how much help an external influence would be right now.

My mom crocheted a cute sweater for Fiona. She does not appreciate wearing it, but it looks so darn cute. The pompom cracks me up!