Today I had the perfect job!
Jake and Lily were so great today! It was the best day...this perspective however may be due to the 5 SHOTS OF ESPRESSO that I drank today. I have decided to bypass the milk and additional calories and go straight to the heavenly source of all things good and pure...CAFFEINE!
We went to play gym this morning and I talked to a couple of mom's. I think not having Olivia there forced me to be somewhat social. Although I missed having Olivia there...I like having her around..it makes me less nervous to know there is someone else watching Jake...two on two action is much easier. Anyways it was nice to listen to some of the mom's talk about there kids. Lynn works for Hanna Anderson and her son____ is 2. Melissa and Luke(who is a month older than Jake). Melissa vented about these bratty kids that are rowdy and hates it when they come. She seemed VERY overprotective of her son, which is only going to lead him to rebel if she doesn't allow him to act out now.
Later in the afternoon we went to Washington Park and played. It was SO much fun. I loved playing with Jake in the new place...he loved the sand box. I am not sure if he has played in a sand box before, I am sure he has, but I talked about the sand box before we got there and when he saw the sand box he said to me through a silly grin,"Sand-Box". It was really cute. We played and I met a dad with two boys that were 5 and 2, and I listened to him tell me the story about his wife leaving him and the kids a few weeks ago.
It was really sad. I am not a mom, so I do not know, but being a nanny...I could never out of the blue one day decide to just leave. Partially because I am somewhat of a commitment Nazi, but mainly because I love Jake and Lily. More importantly they love me(actually Jake love me...I think I am growing on Lily) and I have made the choice to be a part of their lives for this season...you don't do that to kids...that's just crappy. This is coming from someone who is not a mom...
I also don't know the whole situation...he could be crazy or something. The part that I loved was the listening. I was able to listen to someone's story, and tell him that I was sorry that he was hurting. That my friends is something that I love to do. I love to comfort people who are hurting, I love to be a listening person in someone's life, and I love that it happened just by being present in a place.
I think that is essentially what Jesus wants us to be. A light in a dark place, a beacon of hope to a despairing world. A presence. I believe that happens in the daily living of our lives. I believe that happens while turning our heart and ears to another individual(mom's and nanny's eyes are on the children) and being the loving presence of Jesus in the world(or at least in our sphere of influence).
Maybe I need to start paying closer attention to the Starbucks people...they are definitely in my sphere.
Oh...I started reading the Confessions of St. Augustine today...more about that later.
posted by Kat @ 8:54 PM
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