This weekend was a little rough.  Just when you think you can manage it all you get a reality check and the world reminds you that you don't have super powers.  I work full-time marketing web-based software.  Whenever I tell people in my work world I have 5 kids they say "how do you do it?"  My answer should be - "I don't.  Not anywhere close to perfect anyway" but instead I always just smile and reply "with very little sleep," of course that is the truth too.  As moms we never feel we are good enough.  Trust me teenage girls when I say - we carry our own guilt, you don't have to guilt us into anything.  The truth is we wish we could give you everything you want and make your world perfect but reality is, often times we are barely holding it together ourselves. 

T - Almost 16 wants her dream car.  She found a convertible this weekend.  The practical mom in me says that's crazy.  She would be toast if she got in an accident.  The, still wishes I was a teenage girl sometimes, mom says how fun would it be to give her that.  Of course, just getting a car alone is a big privilege and one she should be grateful for, especially since there are million other ways I should be spending my money these days.  When our babies are born we say as long as they are happy and healthy but when we strive to keep them this way every day of our lives it can sometimes take super powers.

L - Can we just say I would do anything for a contentment super power that worked magic on teenage girls.  I love her but the roller coaster ride we ride has my head spinning.

Cornball - thanks for reminding me that life has joy, even in little things.  You have been such a big help to me lately.  I can't thank you enough. Ok, minus the soda in your sisters hair and the constant need to have a friend over to play.