Divorce???

13 years, 9 months and 29 days ago I became a mommy.  I remember sitting in a rocking chair at the hospital, nursing this most precious gift from God and thinking, "NO ONE is EVER going to do this for my baby girl at a daycare center.  No one is going to hold her, rock her, nurse her, and love her the way I do..."  I became a full-time mommy and housewife in that instant.  I couldn't have been happier... 

Wasn't she adorable??  This morning, that same most precious gift from God declared that her biggest wish and most hopeful dream is to divorce me.  She's coming home from school today at 3:15 and her first order of business is to research lawyers.  She said she's going to need a good one.  She wants parental emancipation.  Now, on a bad day, this would've sucker-punched me in the gut and brought on a torrential downpour of mommy tears.  But not today.  Today is a good day.  Guess I'm not premenstrual.  Or maybe my meds are working.  I don't know.  Either way...today is a good day and all I could do was laugh.  Divorce?  I asked her to dry her hair!  That's all.  "Dry your hair, honey."

See how wet her hair is??  We were at a water park this summer...  Honest to God, her hair was just as wet this morning.  It was dripping on the floor and soaking her shirt.  "Honey, PLEASE dry your hair."

Her reaction was so comical that I decided to post the whole thing on Facebook.  Mommies and daddies alike responded with their own stories and sage advice.  I felt like I'd been given a hug. That's when I decided to start this, my second blog...a blog about the comings and goings of a housewife.  Sometimes being a stay-at-home-mommy and housewife is so isolating.  There are days that I truly feel I am going this alone and no one could possibly relate to my crazy life.  But then I open up and hear, "Oh my God, that has happened to me, too."  Hearing those words is like hitting an instant decompress button.  I can exhale the breath I didn't know I was holding, and I feel...better.  Sane.  Hugged and understood.
Well...I like hugs and I like being understood.  So I'm gonna share.  Probably daily.  Hugs are nice.