There isn’t much going on with me today but so much is happening around me. Today is just another typical housewife-y day but I’m wishing with all my little heart that I could reach out and help those around me as well as those far away. It seems like everyone is going through something miserable right now and there just isn’t much I can do about it.

Instead of feeling trapped in my house, I wish I could zap myself to Haiti and work day and night helping with the relief efforts. I wish I could zap up to Idaho and help out my sister with her miserable health condition. I wish I could mend some broken hearts or give someone I love a million dollars. Wouldn’t that be nice.

I just can’t do those things, now, can I?

Instead I get to clean the playroom (again), hold a fussy teething baby, and be the mediator between the neighborhood boys and my rambunctious but sensitive boy. Instead I get to fix dinner, be the homework police and fold the never ending laundry.

I’m not complaining. I love that I have a roof over my head, food to eat, and sweet little ones to hug but it’s hard for me to do my mundane work when I feel like there is so much more need out there.

And as I feel like every post needs a picture, here is my latest page.