Too Busy To Take A Picture
I usually take pictures daily. Unfortunately today was not one of those days! 
Yes, I was that busy! Although I enjoy being busy. I really dislike when it takes so much of my time. Thankfully it doesn’t happen to often where I have to work non-stop throughout the day but when it does
Whoo Boy do I feel so guilty! Why? That cuts into the time I spend with Aiyana. However I have to remind myself if I was working outside of the home I would have even less time to spend with her. We’re very close.
Aiyana seems to sense when I’m feeling guilty about my workload. She always tosses out more “I Love Yous and she gives me plenty of hugs. Of course I do the same for her. We’re very affectionate and always tell each other how much we love each other. I truly realize how important it is to tell those I care about how much they mean to me.
My fiancee, Aiyana’s father’s, death was untimely. He was only 34 yeas old. It could have been avoided if the drunk driver had just stayed off the road. However I was happy that we had always told each other how we felt. I never took him for granted. He was a good man.
Yep being a single work out of the home mom can be very challenging. Especially when you have an active three year old running around but I’m loving every minute of it and I would not change a thing! Ok, perhaps having more hours in my day and a couple Opal’s running around to help me get everything accomplished! Yeah that would be cool.
Do you know what is exciting? In the evenings Aiyana now reads to me! The big words she sounds put phonetically. She’s been wanting to read for some time and finally mastered it a little over a month ago. On May 21st she turns four years old. Wow! where has the time gone?
Tomorrow I’ll be making some type of Indian dish. I’ll be sure to post the recipe. I’ll most likely post it on my other website, The Raw & The Cooked, but I’ll definitely place a link to it over here.
Yep, it’s true that I was too busy to take a picture today but I’m never too busy to spend time with my daughter. Aiyana is excited. I told her I would be hanging out with her most of the morning. I’ll be up quite late this evening to ensure that I keep my promise to her. Tuesday afternoon I have mentoring. Yep Tuesdays going to be busy.
on May 14th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
She’s a smart little girl, like her mom. :) Some children take to reading quite early.
on May 14th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Hi went scrappin tonight. I did about 5 pages. Not much fancy but I did get them done! I ended up buying a container for my new pens and a paper pack. I will try and post the paper tomorrow!
on May 15th, 2007 at 12:54 am
I take hanging out with your daughter as a very valid excuse not to take a daily picture. I don’t know anything about being a single parent, but just from what you wrote I can tell that you are a great mother and very dedicated to living a great life. It motivates me to go out and be a better person, looking for ways that I can help and maybe be a little more accepting of people wanting to help me.
thanks for a great post.
on May 15th, 2007 at 1:06 am
opal so sorry to hear about aiyana’s father. how tragic.
wishing you a lovely day.
on May 15th, 2007 at 6:06 am
I am sorry to hear about losing a father quite early.
on May 15th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
This has been the story of my life recently. Last night I went for a walk and it was an incredible evening, no camera in tow. sigh…
on May 16th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Beth Ellen,
Yes some do for some reason her intensity to read reminded me of “Danny” from Stephen King’s “The Shining” in the book his desire to learn to read ASAP was pretty intense.
Harmonia,
Yah no! Each time I hear you talk about scrappin I want to do it. I think I’ll put that on my “to do” pile for crafting. I realize not only do I have to make sure my work goals are completed. I need to put time for myself on the pile also.
Svend,
Well that is wonderful we all an motivate one another to do things. I’ve numerous people within my life that have done that and are still doing it.
jessica,
Thanks for the condolence. It was a tragedy but I’ve learned so much. J will always be missed but I’ve moved on with my life.
Chase,
Thanks one of my friends lost his father early. It was nice chatting with his mom about my situation. She lost him while she was pregnant just like me.
Jon,
Don’t you hate when that happens? That seems to be happening to me a lot!