Author: Dionna Sanchez 

A mother has a lot of responsibility. We want to do our jobs right and take care of our families right. But somehow we lost our sense of laughter along the way. 

I realized this a few weeks ago.  Let’s take a little quiz…. see how you rate. 

1) Do you get upset with your children when they’ve had a massive pillow fight in their bedroom and left a huge mess?  Or do you jump in and join them? 

2) Do you send your children outside on the quest to “find someone to play with?” — or do you go in the backyard and swing with them? 

3) Do you sigh in exasperation as you find your child has not done something you’ve asked them to do for the umpteenth time instead of telling them you will tickle the stuffing’s out of them if they don’t take care of it within 5 minutes?? 

Children love when we find the time to abandon our agenda and spend time laughing and enjoying life with them. It shows that we value them above our projects and “to-do’s.” Finding the fun in life is also very good for us, it reminds us to “lighten up.” And face it - we need to do that sometimes!. 

Valuable lessons can be taught in the fun moments as well as the serious moments in life. Remind your self to look at the positive side of life.  

We need to have more fun.  Let that be your challenge for this week.