JOY POCKETS #6

A busy week with lots of positives... Here are my 10 pockets of joy for this week...

• The silence and calm of a morning off from the kids (see SILENCE AFTER CHAOS)

• A husband happy to be back at work and busy

• My shy and sometimes strange 4 year old dressing up and being sociable with friends

• A beautiful book called Moon Time that is teaching me about my body and my cycle for the first time. I'm pre-menstrual not overwhelmed. Thanks Lucy @ DreamingAloud

• Paddy's Day tomorrow and a local parade of old tractors, which my kids will love - looking forward to a great sociable day bumping into all my friends

• Trying to not react and not let myself be annoyed by things

• Mothers Day on Sunday. Time to enjoy being a mum? Time to spoil my mum, who moved countries to be near to me and my kids

• A surprise offer of a free cookery course thanks to some work I did for Irish childbirth charity Cuidiu http://www.cuidiucork.net/index.php/newsletter

• Our medical cards finally being approved

• The prospect of a good friend visiting for Baby Lorci's Naming Day