Snow day!

It's snowing buckets! It's gorgeous! Sadly, Mark has to work tonight. :( We canceled everything else, including school. We did a little bit, then called it a day. It's just too distracting and pretty. There's probably only two days of this for the year.

It's hard for me to let go of the grip. I mean, we ROCK with staying on task over the course of the year. There's a reason for that, people. But it's not everything. There are other important things. This year I'm learning to loosen up a little bit.

Something that stuck with me was something my mom said to my sister many years ago. They had planned to take their son to Disneyland. But my sister was all hopped up on one of her crusades against big business. I can't remember why, but she was pissed off at Disney and wanted to NOT go.

My mom told her (kindly), Daniel won't remember that you stood on principle. He'll remember that you were rigid and intractable and didn't take him to Disneyland.

So today, we play in the snow and bake cookies. Thanks, Mom!