{"id":3351,"date":"2012-09-24T05:22:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T10:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:41:18","slug":"when-grandma-comes-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3351","title":{"rendered":"When Grandma Comes to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week was horrendous for me. I have no idea why, but I was on the verge of tears most of the time, feeling completely overwhelmed and just not like myself. I called a friend in tears, yelled at my boys (and felt so terrible and guilty afterwards), and finally completely broke down to Andrew on Thursday evening. But Friday, my mom arrived (completely unrelated to the crazy-town I was experiencing). And the shift was monumental.<\/p>\n

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It had been a while since we have seen Grandma. She is super busy with work and had a lot of complicated family matters to tend to on the East Coast all summer long, so we hadn’t seen her in many months. But, as usual, she brought laughter and lightheartedness and gratefulness to our home just when we needed it the most. I think that’s the thing about my mom. She is super dramatic about everything, but in the funniest way. Like, she will make you feel like the BEST cook in the world, the most BEAUTIFUL daughter in the universe, and like you live in THE MOST AMAZING neighborhood that ever was. And then you think, ha ha ha, right. Oh, yeah. I do have it pretty great.<\/p>\n

But it’s not the actual reminder to be grateful, it’s just that she is so grateful, it wears off on you when you’re around her. And then there’s the silliness. Let me tell you, none of us had laughed so hard in months. We sang ridiculous songs and popped air packaging in our living room until we could barely stand up we were laughing so hard. Especially Milo.<\/p>\n

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And I didn’t take many pictures because frankly I just needed to put the camera down for a weekend and focus on laughing instead of documenting. And it was so so good.<\/p>\n

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And not to reduce my mom to this in any way, but it was so amazing to have an extra set of hands around. An extra adult to wrangle kids, chop veggies, do dishes, clear the table. The things that Andrew and I busy ourselves with throughout the day were done with my mom around. I’m not sure how much rest she got, but I can tell you that I feel ready to start the week fresh today. The sky looks bluer, my house feels cozier, and all is well. Though I do miss that mama. Love you, Mom.<\/p>\n

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***P.s.- Thank you for the beautiful teacups, Mom. I had my first spot of tea last night and I swear it tasted better in that cup!***\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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