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| My sleeping baby...I love him like this |
Right now
I feel like that woman from the ad on TV who would say in a whiney voice:
"I'm a single mum with a daughter". Well that's exactly how I feel,
except I'm a single mum with a son and a daughter. Oh, and small side note, and
my kids are dogs.
Anyway,
the point of this story is that James is away at the moment and I'm looking
after the puppies on my own. Today I gained an incredible amount of respect for
real single parents. I don't know how they do it!
I've got
a shocking cold and wanted to do nothing but stay in bed all day. But that
wasn't happening. The puppies needed a 'pee' walk to 7am, then they needed
breakfast, then one of them ate their bed leaving me to clean up about a lounge
room full of stuffing and ripped material. Then we were off to the park for
their big walk. It went on and on.
Today I am grateful for several things. The first
is my commitment to listing to my gut instinct. I am not cut out to have real
children. Second is the fact I am only responsible for dogs. There is less
guilt when you give them a bone and go to hide in your bedroom for hours.
Thirdly, I am grateful for the love these dogs bring into my life. After
crawling out of the bedroom I moved to the lounge to sulk in my flu life haze.
Little Rocco came to give me a cuddle and feel asleep on my chest. So sweet. He
made me feel slightly better.
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