Being a mom has not felt easy these last few days. I'm sick, and the worst symptom right now is sheer exhaustion. It does not make me a patient or tolerant person.

Also, the weather has been less than perfect. It's rained a lot lately which means we're spending a lot of time in doors, or running errands.

My kids are bored. Understandably. They're not getting to run off their energy either. Which means they're not going to bed very well at night either.

This is not a good mix.

Right now Andrew has taken them for ice cream so I could have half an hour to myself in quiet. I spent the last few minutes on this website.

I've heard of Rachel before. One of the blogs I stalk is written by a friend of hers who mentions her quite frequently. I'd never visited her website before. This letter from Rachel stopped my pity party pretty darn effectively. For those of you who haven't heard of her, Rachel Barkey is a young wife and mother who happens to have been battling cancer for the past four years. This winter she found out that the cancer had returned and in incurable. I haven't listened to her video yet (I'm waiting for 55 minutes without children so I can!) but I've heard it's very inspiring.