Photos taken on an iPhone.
“Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire – you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.”
~Denis Waitley
Today was a girlfriend day where I not only slipped out of my favorite faded and perfectly worn-in pajama pants, but I slipped on some cute boots and a summer dress belted just so. Where the lines of the theatre walls were much more art than architecture and the designs whispered sonnets that made my mind race with wonder at the rich history I was standing under. Where dinner after meant skipping to the next town for some famous bar-b-que that had us stuffed and rubbing our bellies before we’d even finished our meals.
Photos taken on an iPhone using Hipstamatic and Instagram Apps.
And during it all, I felt a strange guilty confusion. I wanted to pretend to be mature and put-together and soak in the voices of the stage as they move my soul without hearing “Mommy!” called out 50 times over, and yet at the same time I wanted to snuggle my babes and collect fishy-faced kisses from my littles since had felt like an eternity after they spent the previous night at their grandparents’. I wanted to prance around town laughing, not sharing my ice cream cone, and pulling out Sex In The City moves as our foursome of randomly styled women walk down Main Street in Royal Oak to get to dinner, but I also wanted to lull my little guy to sleep while I rocked him to the rhythm of his slowing breath and tell my girl a story… this time of the day I went into the hospital to have her and before I finish she pulls her hands up to her face and excited says, “And you were SO SO SO excited because I was being born?!”
Yes, baby, we were excited. I’m still excited because you are my dream… you made me a mama.
So, today I dipped my toes in a little of both worlds. I embraced it all… a date with the sisterhood, my own cone, a rich theatre experience and a filling dinner, and still made it home to get soaked in sudsy splashes as I bathed my precious ones, told stories, held and rocked and kissed and loved. I played like I did when my little ones were still a dream and then came home to experience what I could taste and smell and see from miles away.
Today, my worlds colided.
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Tracy says
Sounds like a great day.
Life with Kaishon says
I am so glad you had fun with your friends : ) I totally know what you mean about colliding worlds. It happens to me all the time!
Alysha (Supermom) says
looks like fun. Love days like that. Miss my baby girl every time I leave without her but it is nice to go out with friends 🙂 Hope you are doing well. xoxo
Heidi says
Glad you had a good time Tabitha! Have a great week. 🙂
Lisa says
Sounds perfect!!!
Nessa says
I think dipping your toes in both worlds is a grand idea.
Adrienne says
And as the children grow up into friends, the worlds overlap in a very special way! Love the photo collage!
That Janie Girl says
Loved your recounting of your day. Awesome!
Gerri says
It was the perfect day wasn’t it? We need to continue to squeeze these in. Love you Hon!!
Prasti says
fun! what did you see at the theatre? oh, and your boots look very similar to a pair of cowboy boots i have. they look fab on you!