Miss Me Miss Me Now You Gotta Kiss Me

Last Saturday I was wanting to go to a Tiara Coaching seminar in Chicago.  It sounded like such fun to be on the road (by myself!) for the day, stopping at the Oasis (one of those over the highway places that serve Green Tea Lattes at the Starbucks), talking on the phone to people I love (with a headpiece of course) and of course I always feel inspired, refreshed, rejuvenated after a Tiara event.  I was agonizing over the decision, this would be the longest I have been away from Lotta.  Would she miss me too too much?  On Friday, as I was still trying to make my final decision, Thom told Ben about the possibility of me going to Chicago to see how he would feel about that.  Ben became very excited about the prospect of taking care of Lotta all day.  He only wondered if I could possibly be gone for MORE than one day.  So much for my vision of the kids sitting at home crying all day, missing me terribly.

As we were leaving a play date this week, I told Lotta to tell her little friend "good bye".  She ran up to the little girl and gave her a kiss on the cheek.  Made me realize, oh yeah, that IS how we say "good bye" in our family.  It used to be hugs, now its kisses.  Oh sweet Lotta kisses, can't get enough of those!!