Yesterday was one of those days when I woke up already wound tight. I ran on emotional overdrive all day. Emmy's got pink eye and it's literally like wrestling a bag of snakes trying to get her medicine in her eyes. We did it sucessfully on Monday and I was hoping yesterday would be the same. Boy, was I WRONG! She looked miserable yesterday and told me often that her eyes were hurting her. Yesterday afternoon, she asked me if I would kiss them because they hurt. That was about it for me. It broke my heart knowing that I couldn't fix it. And on top of that, I knew 1 had 2 more doses of medicine to give her. Right before dinner yesterday I realized that Emmy was being rather quiet. Macie had just started making noise after her nap and Emmy ran upstairs to go talk to her. Or so I thought. It did not occur to me that the paint we'd been using in the living room was being stored upstairs in our room. Let's just say our intention was not to paint our stairway and upstairs hall.... So, needless to say, our afternoon ended with a bang. Thankfully my night wasn't as crazy. Aaron got home not long after the paint fiasco and took over the craziness. Thankfully he had a sense of humor about it and was able to laugh. I'm still not quite to that point yet. Although, I'm sure this will make a great story to tell when she's 18.
I think the truth I'm taking from yesterday is that today is a new day. Yesterdays stresses don't have to carry over to today. The remants of the stress are still there (and will be till we can paint over them) but that doesn't mean I have to choose to experience the emotion. God promises that his mercies are new every morning and I asked for those new mercies before I even opened my eyes today!
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