“What would it be like if I could accept life – accept this moment – exactly as it is?”
Tara Brach
Accept that I do need my family’s help, a lot.
Accept that I clogged a toilet 5 minutes before signing on to a virtual meeting this morning and had to wait till after the meeting to plunge it.
Accept that as I’m about to take my daughter out for the morning to a museum, I learn that she might have an ear infection and need to stay local and schedule a last minute doctor’s appointment instead.
Accept that during our “local” playtime when we went to the library, my daughter showed that she definitely doesn’t fully understand the concept of sharing. (Snatched toy train cars from a child’s hands, proclaiming “mine!”)
Accept that my daughter said “mommy and daddy” as I was putting her in her car seat after the library. (She does not have a daddy.)
Accept that her lunch with egg salad was VERY messy and went all over her and the floor.
Accept that all I could do with the dog today was a short 5 minute walk.
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Accept that parenting is hard. So much of it is outside our control…in fact every tiny moment is outside our control. The more we can let go of expectations and lean into acceptance and grace the better. Perhaps then we can laugh and lean into unexpected moments of joy along the way. (photo taken that same evening when we made it to Middletown’s Crystal Lake Park)
Taking a Pause at 40 
Definitely a task worth pursuing, and one that I try often if I remember :-)!
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