Ukraine Adoption

Sparkle shoes and Mondays

Tara had to have these pink sparkle shoes. Everything is sparkly in a little girl's world, her nail polish, her lipstick, her jeans. I finally bought them for her on Saturday and she has hardly taken them off ever since. Her friend has these same shoes so Tara was very excited for Monday to come so she could wear them to pre-school and show her friend. On Sunday, she was mad at me that I couldn't turn the day into Monday. Meanwhile, the rest of us in the house were dreading Monday, like most people. The weekend flies by way too fast. On Sunday night, I still had laundry to do, some vacuuming, Austin had a school project that he had to rush to finish, John was extra busy with work because of some system crashes.

This morning, we were all grumpy. It is cold, and dark, and ohmygosh snowing again. But Tara, bless her little heart, woke up and put on those little pink sparkle shoes. That's all that matters. They are like magic to her. I think everyone needs a pair.