THANK YOU for everything you do!

I heard this today from a little old lady from the community.............she wanted to call me and let me know that she sees me out in the community on a regular basis and sometimes late at night doing my 'probation' work and she just wanted to thank me!  It just so happens that I am perhaps more noticeable then most, by that I mean all my glory and gear (vest, badge, gloves, light, etc), more noticeable is not to be confused with more important! I got to thinking today after this phone call.........there are just a million people out there that do so much on a daily basis to either protect, nurture, heal or provide services for and they are all pretty thank-less jobs! It meant alot that this lady took time out of her day to call and thank me for being in her community and doing my best to help keep her safe..........but all of you that are reading this, do something just as important, I am sure of it! You may have a nice outfit or uniform to do it in, perhaps even a marked car but chances are, you don't.....but you do it anyways and for that .......... THANK YOU! I try to say thank you to everyone that I run into, sometimes I wonder if I say it so much that it makes it less meaningful but the other day when I got Macy her vitamin before bedtime (a rather meaningless task) she said, "Mommy, thanks for getting my vitamin, it means alot."  I knew at that point, she has learned through osmosis that the way to anyone's heart is GRATITUDE! Lessons like this are very difficult to teach anyone, children especially so probably the best way is to do it is through example! So thank you out there to everyone for the day you put in today and if it's a disappointment or you would like a "do over"..........I am sure (eventhough we are never promised tomorrow) you can try your hand at improving tomorrow! Thank you!

14 months!

Today Molly is a fantastic 14 month old.............I say FANTASTIC loosely because any given day she can be found yanking out Macy's hair, biting my big toe (gross I know, but it is her fav) or slapping the sitter in the face! She is 14 months old today and wow what a personality this gal has! She is definitely our dare devil, however; that hasn't crossed over into her venturing out and taking a few steps. She seems scared to death to walk and will 'hunker' down anytime we try to lead her! Mitch and Mace are on the verge of starting coach pitch and tball (respectively) real soon and I'm not sure who is more excited. Mind you Mitch is pumped about hitting a homer and Mace is pumped about her pink spikes and pink helmet, so for very different reasons they can't wait to hit the field! Paul and I were able to take a cruise this last month over our 9 year anniversary and it was a very anticipated break from the craziness of it all............but man we missed our kiddo's! Macy is still recovering from our absence and hates to have mom out of her sight but she will be back to her ol' self soon (at least I hope)! Molly did well on all of her screenings and developmentally is getting right there w/ kids her age! We travel to Cardinal Glennon again May 31 and she will run a battery of tests there but I am sure her smile will win them all over to her way of thinking!