Monday Morning Encouragement

This morning, I gave Anna a big hug and asked her how she was doing today.

She paused, thoughtful, then said, Great!

I said, I'm great too.

She looked at me, serious-faced, and said, No, you're not great, you're perfect.

Not a bad way to start a Monday. I'm just going to keep deluding myself that this mommy-idol phase will last another decade ...