Thankful Thursday

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Today, 

on a lovely play date with some of our best friends,

I witnessed something that really shook me.

As we were wrangling up our kids,

packing up our bags,

and cleaning up our picnics 

Brenda, Lori, and I were stopped in our tracks.

We stood there and watched as two other mothers 

across the park cackled and laughed at their two children,

probably ages 11 and 6, pushed and kicked two large trash cans

back and forth until all of the garbage was strewn about.

Instantly I was 

Irate. 

Disgusted.

and Shaking.

How could these women just stand by with their iPhones

video taping and encouraging such idiotic behavior.

And don't even get me started on the littering part.

I started to get a little bit....

"Oh hold me back Ladies!!!",

but then I realized that for lack of a better term,

her ghetto-ness/white trash would our match me any day.

Myself, being someone who has never been in a physical altercation,

would have never stood a chance when push came to shove.

I did want to go bananas on her though.

I had to get out of there! 

Fast!

If I said something on the was past them to the car,

I knew it wasn't going to be pretty.

As we past and all of our children gave them a 

"what the fuck are you guys doing?"

look, I walked proud knowing that not one of 

my boys friends was stupid enough to do something like that.

No worries though,

the above mentioned mothers-of-the-year

made their hellions clean up the messes that they had made.

For the past few hours since the horrific public display of parenting,

I have not been able to stop thinking about it.

Did they really clean up the mess? 

All of it?

Did those kids touch a homeless persons urine?

Exactly how much bacteria was growing in that can?

Yuck!

Did they was their hands before dinner?

Have they ever eaten a vegetable?

The shit cycle has been churning non stop since seeing the whole thing go down.

Let's face it...

(cover your ears!)

those Bitches ruined my day.

Why?

Because negativity will posses your life.

Negative people.

Negative thoughts.

Negative situations.

The negativity took over for me today.

I have had a headache, and I have been tired and frustrated.

I must flush the yuck out and breath in the positive.

Because positive thinking will always lead to positive living.

Be grateful & Inspire

Thankful Thursday: Boys with Brushes

Today's Thankful Thursday has no cute quote reminding us that we should show gratitude or try to be better human beings....it's simply one single thing that happened today that deserves recognition and praise.

As I was sitting on the sofa this afternoon, somewhere between my crazy caffeine buzz wearing off and talking myself into a shower, I was confronted by the boy. With a brush.  Raised up over his head. Honestly my knee jerk reaction was to protect my face (since every object in our house has become some sort of ninja weapon lately).  But much to my surprise, there was no "HIIIII YA!" or black eye (and yes...I actually flinched), rather there was a sweet little voice asking if he could brush my hair.

I quickly agreed and sat down on the floor under his little feet that dangled off the side of the couch.  At first, I anxiously anticipated every stroke, expecting a smack or a snag to really rattle me.  Then once I realized that he genuinely just wanted to brush my hair, I started to ponder.... why?  All I could come up with was this: he was embarrassed by what the fuck ever was happening on my head....did I mention that it was before my shower, around 1pm....use your imagination! ha!

After a while I was able to just sit.  I wasn't scared he was going to hurt me, and I had come to grips with the fact that he was going to judge me for the rest of my life.  So I let it all go and just enjoyed it.  Each sweet, sensitive stroke of the brush relaxed me just a little more.  It brought me back to a time when I used to bribe my little sisters for back rubs....there is just something about those tiny people hands!

My grooming session only lasted for about 10 minutes.  But I was thankful for every millisecond of it! And I will make sure that it happens again!