I took Alexa and Ava shopping tonight and then we picked up dinner. I so much enjoy spending time with them together. They are so full of life, personality, and creativity. As they continue to grow older right before my eyes, I cherish these precious moments with them. I’m so grateful for the time I get to spend with them, the memories we create, and that they fill me with so much love and joy.

I’m sure many working moms can agree that leaving your child or children for ten or more hours a day to go to work is a guilt-riddling, anxiety-inducing necessity.

When Alexa was in day care, she cried almost every day. I can’t tell you how many times I cried on my way to work after just having left her sobbing at the classroom door and calling “Mommy”. It was brutal. I almost want to cry just thinking about it now.

Fast forward to about eighteen years later, Ava’s been in day care since she was six weeks old, and she has always loved it. In the past four years, she’s cried just a few times when being dropped off. In fact, I’ve had far more separation anxiety than she ever has.

Ava has been at her current day care since she was just a little over a year old, and she loves it. The staff is so warm and nurturing. Everyone there knows her. And true to her character, Ava walks around like she owns the place. I’ve never felt so much confidence and security in my child’s care. I’m so grateful for it.

Being 14 years apart, Alexa and Ava have this very adorably fascinating sisterly dynamic. There’s a lot of competition for attention, but when there isn’t, and it’s just the two if them, their conversations are unbearably cute. I can’t help but grin from ear to ear and sometimes chuckle to myself when I listen to them. I’m so thankful for their relationship, the time they get to spend together, and how it warms my heart.