March 4, 2026 Wednesday

 Temple Day- Martha took everyone today and used our van since it had more seats and I took her van. It was a nice low key day. The girls and Evan played with their kids while I cleaned the garage, wrote my Mom's birthday card, fixed our broken garbage can and just lots of little odds and ends. In the afternoon I got a birthday breakfast made for seminary in the morning and our dinner for tomorrow. It was a nice day. Maebryn started reading I pushed her just the last couple of days and she is starting to figure it out. It has been neat to see it clicking.

The other day she was near tears with frustration, I wondered if I was doing the right thing but decided to push through anyways, it worked out that was what did it. Things finally clicked. Motherhood has a lot of moments like this...knowing whether to push or let off. Mostly I think it is best to push but there are times when letting off can be best.