Lightbulbs

When you suddenly realize that you should be getting lost in your manuscript world instead of trying to make sense of everything you cannot control in this world.

When you realize that waiting for people to like you is like waiting for paint to dry: it’s pointless and boring.

When you realize that dance parties with your kids are just as life giving as an evening spent with friends.

When you realize you miss running on your rest days and can’t wait to get back at training tomorrow.

When you remember that just because you’re waiting for a homecoming doesn’t mean you have to put your dreams on hold too.

When you realize your daughters dance like you do because you taught them.

When you are feeling lonely in the evening and invite your almost nine year old to stay up late on a school night and make muffins together for breakfast the next morning.

When you realize if you stop doing the work no one is going to do it for you.

When you realize missing your deployed spouse is a gift in a weird, twisted way, because it really does remind you how much you love each other.

Lightbulbs from the past week of life. Do any of these resonate with you? O’ reader?

-HR