January 15

 No Spend Day #9

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I’m sitting here at the laundromat feeling too tired to remember anything lovely today. But there are always bright spots. Even after a night of very poor sleep (truly, no specific reason), an early work shift, and my family hounding me for this and that and every other thing the minute I walked in the door. There are always bright spots.

I just started a new book with Abe. I’ve been reading chapter books to him since he was probably three. Nightly. But recently, since he’s “older” I feel like I’m always reading a book to Wren at night time and he’s not been listening in lately.

Well today we started a new read aloud for school and I read to him for an hour while he laid there and listened. I realized that its been a long time since I read to him. And it was great stopping at the end of a chapter and hearing him say, “Hey! You can’t stop there!” So of course I smiled and said, “okay, I’ll read one more chapter.”

That was my bright spot today.