Cheering Section........

The other day Ben shared with me an experience that I found very poignant.

He doesn't usually write things down.
I do.

I don't want to forget it, it taught me a great lesson.
A lesson that I have a hunch I will probably need to learn again and again.
I'm complicated that way.

When you're married you can plagiarize experiences, I'm pretty sure that's in the rules somewhere.

We were watching a late night talk show,
Ben had the thought
"what a life, how would it be to walk into a room
and have people stand up and cheer
just because you walked in."

A few days later Ben came home from school,
I could tell from his face he had a long day.
He walked in the door and Sophie Kate
turned around from her book
and started clapping and calling his name.
He looked at me, for the sake of a good story
I'm going to say a little misty eyed. His face said it all.
What a life huh.

I think as mothers, particularly stay-at-home mothers,

we all struggle at some point with this need.
The need to be noticed.
To feel like we still matter, to someone.
In a world that lives for accolades, the daily life of a

mother can sometimes make you feel forgotten.

It occurred to me this week,
a little tender mercy for my heart,
that when my sweet baby claps for me and smiles at me...
.....she's not the only angel in the room who's clapping.