Rest...

I was reading an article in my BH and G magazine yesterday about rest. The story was about how to take a break. I don't do this well at all, but I thought this statement was great,"Rest is remembering to exhale and recognizing that taking care of everyone includes me, too." The article was my a woman named Kathleen Parrish to give credit where it is due. It was like she was writing this to me. I need to do better at this if I am going to make it through the school year and minimize out coughs and colds. Remember to rest because Mommies don't get sick days. I noticed this yesterday especially. I finally quit messing around about 2:45 in the afternoon. The kids had been in bed a while so I figured I would lay down a few minutes then get Aidan out of bed and then Ainsley would be up soon after. I finally hear Aidan's door open and I check the clock and it was 4:10. I had totally crashed! I must have needed the rest and I feel guilty then I tell Brian that I took a nap that day. I love nap time and I should not feel bad about using it. Of course I don't know what I am going to do about that when I have to go back to work someday.