to my children

Penny fabric // Clemmy fabric //  Mori Dress // Shoe pattern //



I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my children for depriving me of enough sleep that I gained the ability to fall asleep in any remotely quiet area. That skill has come in so handy in waiting rooms.  Thank you for forcing me to learn how to get paint out of the carpet. I had no idea I would need to know that until you. Thank you for teaching me to enjoy the simple things in life like hot dogs and boxed Mac & Cheese. Though to be fair, my arteries aren't as thankful for that one. Thank you for teaching me to sacrifice. My belly now looks like punched down bread dough. Thank you for showing me the value of things. Take LEGO's for example. Those things are unbreakable. Believe me, my feet have come across enough of them to know. Definitely worth the arm and leg we paid. Thank you for teaching me persistence. Who knew that if you stacked that many boxes, you would make it up to that bag of Doritos on the top shelf of the pantry. I have to admire that much grim determination.






No but really guys. Thank you for teaching me that I can love 6 little humans who often smell like wet puppies. And thanks for loving me. Because I know that I am and am not a lot of things. And you love me anyway.

Love Mom.