Broke My Heart

Last week Jared and I had to work a lot in order to get ready for Deseret Book's Mother's Day Catalog and for our meeting with Cedar Fort. Kendi gets a little cranky when we are busy. I felt like I should help her understand that sometimes she has to accept no for an answer and handle it. I've also been trying to help her understand her emotions and to talk to me about them. I totally thought she wouldn't catch on till she was way older because I know some adults who still struggle with this concept. Anyway...I was boxing frames and Kendi came to me with her crayons and coloring book and said, "color!" I told her she could sit on the floor by me and I'll watch her color. She looked up at me and her eyes started to fill with tears. I thought we were going to have a major meltdown, but instead she just said, "Mommy, I'm sad." It broke my heart because I knew that I had been working way too much and ignoring her. It brought tears to my eyes and then she said, "Mommy sad too?" I said, "Yes, Mommy is sad too." Needless to say, I stopped and colored with her and we both felt better.