With Mr. Numbers still only having one full day off of work a week, we have been slowly falling into a very large state of chaos. This year is easier on many counts than say the last five but on one its been much harder to manage. This year the boys are both more vocal about missing Daddy and they can say it in ways that hit right to your heart.

So yesterday in an attempt to ward away the chaos and fill the boys’ time meters we were outside and busy all day long. This was good on many counts! One the boys spent time with us and were happily helping with the work. Two we managed to dig, rake and scoop a pretty good chunk of our main lawn out from under the leaves. And finally it was nice to settle into a routine of working and discussing with Mr. Numbers. The caveat to tax season that often goes unsaid here is that the boys get Daddy first and well…..I just have to wait. By some miracle we have managed for the last six years not to significantly fall off the deep end and have still gotten bills paid all without really talking to each other for about the last four weeks of tax season.

So it was nice yesterday to be spring cleaning and just talking. I think it made everyone feel better and more strengthened for these last few weeks of busy, busy Mr. Numbers.

For awhile now I’ve been of the serious opinion that there is a power that is generated in a circle of women. And that its sole purpose is to imbue each of us within it the energy to recharge ourselves as women, mothers, daughters and friends. To empower us to do what needs done in our respective lives.
What a refreshing breathe of air after such a long winter it was to sit with several of my women friends. Its been a good long while since I’ve sat with a circle of women and just enjoyed the banter and most importantly the laughter. The laughter I sometimes think is the real power that we share between ourselves