Conference

The way we planned our wedding we would be at Snowbird attending a conference for our honeymoon. This actually worked out great as A) the kidlets would be with my Aunt and B) it was a free hotel room. I know, it wasn't the most exciting honeymoon but we enjoyed ourselves. (We also may have skipped out on some of the conference to go sit at the bar and take shots of tequila... and it was nice.) Anyway, the point of me telling you this is that I am implementing something I learned from the conference into my everyday life and I encourage you to try it out with me. In fact, I challenge you to do it for 30 days  ---

I am a very negative person. It's something that I've been trying to work on. I hold grudges and most of the time I don't really like new situations or new people. And I always am able to see that bad side of situations.  But, the thing that I am going to start doing in my personal journal is this:

Everyday name three GOOD things that happened and your reaction/emotions from each good thing. 

I'll share with you my three good things from today- (I had a terrible day that was filled with lots of yelling at people and running around doing errands and kids screaming from being tired and not wanting to be in the car. Soooo stressful. So, I think this is a really good day to start this, eh?)

1- Playing with Trowa and making him smile and laugh. I absolutely love making him laugh. His smile is so big and I love his dimples. It makes me happy when he's happy. When Trowa and I have our one on one play time it reminds me all over again how much love I have for my children. He is such a good child, even on his bad days, he is amazingly good. His happiness is a reflection of my parenting. I must be doing a good job. 

2- Chanel saying "I like to play with you, Mommy." It's been a hard struggle getting Chanel to connect with me, especially after the divorce, and so for her to finally say something so simple as "I like to play with you" made me so so happy. There was also a sense of relief - after trying to get her to understand that just because I won't let her do something it isn't because I "don't like her" but because I want the best for her. It was nice and fun to sit with her and play for a little bit earlier today. 

3- Rick telling me I'm gorgeous. I'm a girl so of course I am insecure but Rick is wonderful and tells me every single day that he thinks I'm pretty. Even when I haven't done my hair, put make up on or even changed out of my pajamas. It is something that has definitely helped with my self esteem. I adore being told I'm pretty and it brightens my day when Rick randomly tells me that I am gorgeous. It is one of the many things I love about him.  

Your turn. :)