But now I love it & here’s why:
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iza,

Kids have a way of humbling you.

Ellie took this photo of me cleaning:

At first, I hated it.

(Of course, I would never tell HER that.)

But later…I realized something:

This photo is a gift.

It’s a snapshot of what my life actually looks like most days.

Peaceful.

Quiet.

Cozy.

iza, you see me on social media a lot and I usually look like this:

Or this:

But that’s not really what I usually look like AT ALL.

Maybe 2% of the time, I look like that.

The other 98% of the time I look like the couch potato I am.

Because I have a passive income business, I usually just hang out in sweatpants, playing with Ellie.

We read books.

We go to the beach.

We just chill.

All the more grateful because I’m a SINGLE stay-at-home mama.

That’s like being an actual unicorn.

So yes, I actually love this photo now.

It’s what my life really looks like.

And I actually don’t have a lot of candid photos like that.

So thanks, Ellie.