Today I was having just one of those days. My poor daughter has been refusing food all week (more than normal, if you know her history) and on the very last bite has thrown up 90% of her meals for the past few days. Yes, after 30 minutes of trying to get her to eat and coercing her to open her mouth and then spooning it in, she’s gagged and thrown up the entire amount, and then some. I feel like such a failure. I have one job in life, to be her mom and feed my daughter, and I’m failing. If I were paid, I’d get fired for this type of job performance.
Exhausted and discouraged, and quite mad that it’s pitch black by 5PM, I trudged up the driveway to get the mail only to find that the material my pants are made of soaks up water like a sponge. The bottoms sloshed around my feet like cold, wet towels and only made me feel fouler.
Then I opened my mailbox, and got a surprise. I saw this cheery candy striped wrapped box, and knew instantly what it was because I read her blog.
Angela, who is sponsoring this week’s giveaway, made an ornament for my daughter and it arrived at the exact moment I needed a pick-me-up. While my daughter sat on the floor whining inconsolably because she just woke up from her nap, I opened the box and the ornament that greeted me was EVEN BETTER than I imagined (if that’s possible!)
aww…you are NOT failing!! I think that ALL of us mom’s feel like we are at least once on ANY given day….but we arent! And it is all just a phase…our babies will grow up too fast and one day we will miss the whining (as I cross my fingers for that day :))
That package that the ornament cam in is SO cute! I am excited about your giveaway!!
Aw, You totally made MY day! I am glad you like it:) I am also glad it came at just the right time. I have been so busy painting that I am just now catching up on all of my favorite blogs 🙂
You are kicking a– and taking names, Miss Carrie. (Sorry that’s borderline un-family friendly but it just had to be said!!) You always do, even when faced with such frustrating setbacks. I know that Noodle could not be in better hands–how else to explain her against-all-odds awesome self, and the fact that for every one giant-feeling FAIL, you also guide her to hundreds of tiny-seeming but miraculous WINS every single day. Omg, I’m about to make myself vomit from all this motivational talk. I can’t help it–it’s just spewing out of me uncontrollably!!!