Time keeps on ticking, ticking...

 I thought this blog was long gone.  I had even forgotten what blog site I had it on.  But, here it is!  It has been absorbed by google and is just a click away next to my google drive icon.  I opened it and read a few old entries and was transported back to young motherhood.  Who was that woman?  From what I gathered, she was sleep deprived but incredibly busy and optimistic about EVERYTHING.  But, most of all, she loves her kids like crazy.  I'm still sleep deprived, but not from running after small children all day.  Life and its twists and turns is what keeps me up at night.  I'm still busy... kind of.  The kids are self sufficient and one lives in a dorm room on the Central Coast most of the year.  I'm busy trying to keep busy. I would say I am more practical than optimistic these days.  I have a little more difficulty seeing the glass as a half full because most of the time it is actually more than half empty. As for loving my kids? Yes, will all my heart and soul. There is a saying that goes, you are only as happy as your least happy child and that is one thousand per cent true in my case.  Covid has been a pit of sadness and anxiety that we are all just climbing out of now.  School is back.  They have made new friends. In short, they are thriving.  And, so I am happy.