It's almost 3:00 pm on Sunday - much later than when I'm normally sitting down to write this post. While online late last night I noticed Fadra had not yet done her writing so I gave her a little shout-out on Twitter & found out her internet had been down, plus she had simply forgotten to write her own post.
All is good now - she & a few others have linked up - but after I do there will still be plenty of room for you to do the same - so get after it.
So here's my 5 minute brain dump...
So Munchkin Hockey is back - for a short while. You don't realize what a huge part of your life it is until you are away from it. Ran into an association mom who is on a different team in our game league and she claimed to be going through withdrawal - in only a week found herself missing the comraderie & conversations with other Hockey Moms. I know exactly how she feels.
Wouldn't call it mid-life crisis, but things are changing - priorities shifting from my own to that of my son's as has my sense of self worth. Haven't spent as much time on myself as I do making sure my son's life is in order. Beginning to think that needs to change. That saying "if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"totally applies here.
Someone posted on Facebook last night 2 questions which had to be answered in 2 words:
- Are you happy?
- What made you answer the way you did above?
My answer was - Yes, Gratitude
I did not lie - I'm extremely grateful for the blessings that have been bestowed upon me, but I would be fibbing if I didn't admit that I had an answer for the "No" too. Sometimes we are so careful to project outward all the fun & what we deem to be the things that others in our social circle will deem interesting & light. Who wants to be around a downer?!
As the washing machine & dishwasher slosh & whir while the tea kettle whistles - I think of everything I should be doing besides writing.
But at least for this 5 minutes I was able to take my mind off of all those things that remain undone for work, for this home & for me.
This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…
- Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
- Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. This is writing in the raw.
- Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
- Link your new posts to All Things Fadra (feel free to use her SOC Sunday graphic).
4 comments:
I think it's okay to be a little bit unhappy now and again. It helps you prioritize and prune the deadwood. Midlife is a good time for that!
The think about happiness is it's pure in its emotion. Yes, I have gratitude and perspective. But right now, I'm lacking happiness and it's tainting every part of my life. Maybe we should take up hockey.
I needed to write today. Just needed it. So glad to have the five minutes and the awareness y'all would visit and conversate with me, no matter how briefly.
:-)
Have a great week!
On any given day my answer could be 1. No 2. Because. Lol. I would never do that on Facebook either. Those funks are temporary and I do have so much to be thankful for. As for sports I don't have withdrawal at all between seasons. But I also haven't bonded with any moms.
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