Fresh Start

Each morning I walk my kids to the end of our quarter mile driveway to wait for the bus with them. For the last two years it was just my oldest and me and I really treasured that time I had with just her. Now I walk two kids down and soon it will be three. But I still really love this little piece of my day. I always thought of myself as a night owl. Never considered myself a morning person at all. Today as I waited with my kids I realized that maybe I have changed. As we talked about our cats and how they are perfectly colored and we wondered about the baby cow we had seen freshly born yesterday morning, I felt calm. I didn't feel rushed or put-upon. Maybe it was the weather. The beautiful sunshine and the smell of spring in the air. But it sure felt like a fresh start. And I wonder if my kids will remember that in the mornings when momma walked them to the bus, she was kind and attentive, instead of worn out and grumpy. I hope that is what they remember. I wish that I could have a little fresh start somewhere around 4:00 in the afternoon. Thats where we really need it.