Regardless of the challenges, I ask myself and my children sometimes, how we can make the best of this? How can I utilize the space and the energy to answer the needs that I and they have?  

How can I make this time and this space beautiful? Going through these questions for every space in my house has allowed me to optimize my space to every degree that I am capable of.

To me, it tells me that I am doing the best that I can being alive and feeling alive. I know some of my choices are unconventional. I know that there are a lot of moms that don’t let their kids jump from off the second level onto the first level with a bean bag underneath.

Most moms aren’t willing to keep a bean bag in their nice kitchen next to a beautiful dining room table. It’s there for my boys to jump on. They seem to need to always be moving. I get it, their bodies are growing.

I know most moms aren’t like this. At the same time I know for me, my boys, our background and our combined personalities; I don’t want to have a stringency around having to be a certain way.

If there is one thing I have truly learned, it is everything we have we will one day lose. When you know that, it allows the space to truly appreciate what you have right now.

In the end I really truly think that is the best that I can do. It is the best you can do. If there’s not anything in the end that feels like it’s the right way to do it, it’s just that it’s a matter of trial and error.

I really want to do the very best that I can because in that I feel successful. I’m not failing in those moments. I feel like I’m making the best of every moment and all of the aspects of the situation I am in.