the pebble for day three was VERY small.  the smallest ever.  it was about just breathing in and out.

easy, you think?  sometimes.  but sometimes, it can be really tricky!

today, the kids were in a wedding.  lovely friend getting married and helicopter and cricket got to be the ring bearer and flower girl.  so i started the day going to the rental house with the kiddos to get the house rekeyed.  done.  then the children and i went to work because i unexpectedly needed to help with a few things.  pizza ordered for lunch.  work mostly done.  off to home we go.

two hours left until we need to be there and the following needed to be accomplished:  showering, doing my nails with a new system that i got in the mail, bathing the kids, getting everyone dressed, finishing the work project and not killing anyone.  with about an hour left, i realized we were seriously not going to make it.  panic began rising.

understand this, though.  at no time was anyone’s life in danger.  we weren’t really even in danger of being late.  we were a TINY part of a wedding that had many more beautiful elements.  and the biggest threat was arriving 10 minutes late with mildly messier nails than i wanted (i was trying shellack for the first time at home and it was more difficult than i imagined).

BUT HERE IS THE SMALL THING.  rather than freak out and start to yell at everyone as i would typically do, i decided just to take a deep breath.  just realize this was not the end.

AND IT WORKED!  i completely returned to zero.  i came back.  the mean horrible witch that i was becoming morphed right back into glinda.  and then i got to be fun!  i got to be a help instead of a crazy person when we DID arrive three minutes late.  it was awesome.  i am going to keep this stone on tap!

best of all, i got to focus on why we were there.  to CELEBRATE!  to enjoy!  and we did!  it was WONDERFUL!  thank heavens for that little pebble and all the change it made.

i adore you!