Things went mostly pretty well at the rodeo today with my baby. My mom tried to change the entire day’s plan around on me at the last second, so there were some struggles related to that throughout the day. However, I stood up several times for myself and for what was best for my baby and for me collectively, which was a good experience for us all. I anticipate doing more of it in the future. And I didn’t have to be mean, I realized, but I could just communicate what worked and stick to it, even if my mom wanted to stray into something else. (My mom is really bad at time management, so most of it was about her spending loads of time wanting to go do this or that which wasn’t anything to do with my daughter and what we were there to do together with my daughter today. Several times, I had to let her know that we were going to miss out on something if she didn’t hurry up with her distraction of the moment, since she was the one with a time limit.)
Nonetheless, it was a good time for my daughter, and I enjoyed the whole of it, despite the several hiccups and struggles. So, Day Two of the rodeo was a success. Yippee.
Thank you, God. Please, keep us safe and make us well. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2026
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