Happy Wednesday, folks.

Lots of things to share this week, but before I even start, let’s flip to the last page of the book.

I cried.  Hard.  On Friday.  I know – spoiler-alert.

You may remember that in last week’s blog, we talked about “failing” + trying again.

That was Wednesday.

On Friday, I found myself tearing up sitting next to my sons at a doctor’s appointment.

Here’s why.

During my certification week in August, I had worked hard.

I was doing client work, transporting my kiddos to + from Boy Scout Camp, participating in a live intensive, and training on InfusionSoft.  I think I even managed to cook a few meals in there!  A typical week in my life.

And I would be remiss not to mention that it felt great to sit by the pool with friends + family that weekend.

I blessed + released the week, and started anew ready-to-go 48 hours later.

The rest of August went off without a hitch.

This past Friday, however, just before signing off for the long holiday weekend, I received some feedback on my certification process.  There were two projects that required my tweaking.  Ugh.  Defeat.  Blushing.  Tears.  In public on a Friday afternoon waiting more than an hour to be seen.

My son said, “Mom, what’s wrong?” as he saw my eyes filling with tears of shame + frustration.

So I told him.

And do you know what he said to me?  He said, “Mom, I know that you tried your hardest, and you told me that that is what is important.  I use to think I was a bad student if I made a mistake at school.  But you told me that we all make mistakes, so now I know that I’m not a bad student – I just got something wrong + I can get it right the next time if I work hard.”

And so I hugged my smart, kind little boy, and vowed to pull myself together + tackle my re-work after they went to bed.

I had an opportunity to start making a much-improved second run at my given task.

Boys soundly off to sleep, I sat down and started on the revisions.

Then I cried.

Then I fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning, I got to work + I resubmitted my updates.

I had a plan, I made my best effort – albeit a second time – and I let it go.

And today, I got the thumbs-up I was after.  Yippee for me, but I couldn’t have done it without my youngest boy nudging me up + forward.

My Juicy Glad-I-Caught-That:  The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. ~ Mark Twain

Kids – and second chances – are a blessing.

Learn something each day about your business, your sweetheart, your child, yourself, your community, a parent, or a friend.  By allowing yourself some space, you will free yourself up to do so.  So be on the lookout because magic will happen.

Where can you free yourself up so that you are ready to see it?

I want to know.

In love,

N

xoxox

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