Evenings are filling fast! You guys too? With all the craziness, Jerilee and I have started to have more morning or daytime dates, so we actually get to hang out, even though evenings are super full. Today was one of those days!
First, my mom came and sat at our house while I took Rowan to preschool. She left shortly thereafter for another commitment and Jerilee showed up maybe an hour later for a date! She was here for only about a half hour before I had to go retrieve Rowan from preschool. She happily stayed with the kids while I went and fed Waverly, as she was on the verge of dying of hunger, or so she was leading us to believe.
At preschool drop off, I had complained about the pain in my hands and wrists, and when I went to pickup, someone had lovingly brought me a brace she had used when she had carpal tunnel. I was SO thankful, and we all started talking about the kind of hand pain I was experiencing. One of the women there inquired a bit more and offered to help me.
I won’t go into big detail, because privacy and respect and all that good stuff, but Jerilee sat with my kids even longer while someone came over and adjusted my body for probably twenty minutes or so, as a gift. She advised me on a few things, and helped me feel hopeful and capable again. I was so thrilled.
Jerilee and I spent the rest of the afternoon together. She opened her homemade gift exchange gift, which she LOVED, and we ate cookies for lunch. It was an excellent day ❤️
Part of me felt bad, as though I was just “fitting her in,” but I decided to throw that out the window, because that is NOT what this was. I am SO thankful to have a friend who willingly comes my way for only a few hours, because our lives and full and we still value our friendship so much! So thank you, Jerilee, for making the effort! I’m SO EXCITED for our family Christmas date on Saturday!!!!! 🎄 😍 ❤️