Day 6- Lucky

I feel lucky today. I'm lucky to have a husband who sends me to the couch at 4 am when E is awake and coughing. He says I need rest because of the baby, and I say he needs rest because he needs to work. He just looks at me, points toward the couch, and says "go!". Who am I to argue, especially at 4am. I also feel lucky for every day I have with my daughter. Yes, even at 4am when she is not sleeping. I am trying hard this week to appreciate the little miracles of every day. To me, every time E smiles at me, or coos, or looks at hubby and says "DaDa". that's a miracle. Those are the things you can't get back or recreate, so they need to be cherished in the moment.

I also feel lucky for all the great friends and family we are blessed with. Today I got a call from a good friend of mine at 3pm. She said "Hi, I'm bringing you dinner at 5:30". You can't replace friends like this. I am grateful for the friends who have offered to come sit with me during their vacation and passing up an opportunity to do something way more fun. That, my friends, is real friendship. Bringing me books and dinner, sitting with me even though it's boring, calling me and checking up on me. And I hope that I am as good a friend to all of you as you are to me.

As for E and her 4am escapade, it turns out the poor thing has a sinus infection. I am no stranger to this ailment, as I used to get them four times a year during my first three years of teaching. I want to take the infection away from her and put it in my sinuses. It breaks my heart to hear her coughing and sniffling and see her eyes watering. Poor baby. This is why we are lucky to have antibiotics. So this pain will hopefully be short-lived.

I'm not going to do a whole list of positives, since my entire blog was an homage to things that are good in my life. What are YOU lucky for? Start with one thing, then go from there.