"You're a great mom"

It was a better afternoon after I picked up Liam today. I feel strange about blogging depressing stuff, this is so not me. If anything, I suffer from anxiety, not depression. But after all my years of counseling I'm smart enough to know that this is situational depression. I just have to change the situations that bring it on. Primarily, being around adults more.

But when I picked up Liam at school and right before I was leaving, his teacher, the fabulous Ms. Wanda said to me in earnest, "You are a wonderful mom." Maybe it's from seeing me with Liam for the past couple of months, our common philosophies, or the way that Liam says positive affirmations to his friends and toys that I say to him in the classroom. But either way, it felt wonderful. It actually allowed me to give myself the pleasure of not doing anything but enjoying Liam and my time without the guilt, like my sister had told me I was entitled to yesterday.

And with Liam being a gem, it was a good afternoon. I now look forward to going to get pizza with my boys and tomorrow seeing "The Time Traveler's Wife" with my love.