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Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:00 AM
It’s important for moms to recognize that all the small successes in our days can add up to one big triumph. So on Thursday of each week, we do exactly that.
To participate, just write up a list of 3 of your recent Small Successes and post it on your blog along with the Small Successes button (go here to get the code). You are not required to use the button, but please do link back to the main post here. Then you can add your blog here using the Mr. Linky form (please link to the individual blog post, not the home page of your blog).
If you don’t have a blog, please share your Small Successes in the comments.
To get us started, here are my small successes for this week:
1. I finally got around to making dental appointments. They’re for July, but they are made. Raphael is going to be very surprised to be included in the dental trip this time.
2. I clipped fingernails and toenails x 4 kids. That’s a lot of clipping. Big kids will have to fend for themselves.
3. I baked cornbread for breakfast yesterday instead of pushing the kids toward the cold cereal as I was tempted to do. Cold cereal is not a bad breakfast, but it does get dull. And warm bread from the oven is a very nice thing to wake up to.
Now it’s your turn. I just love reading everyone’s entries—please share all the small ways you’ve moved in the right direction this week!
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This week, for the first time, I am stumped. Truly stumped. But you talking about cornbread has me thinking about the apple cake I made last night…maybe through the day I’ll be able to cook up some small successes… 
Ugh. I hate clipping nails. It’s one of my least favorite parenting chores of all time. In fact, I’m wondering if the fear of having one more set of microscopic nails to clip counts as a “just reason” for postponing pregnancy. (Only kidding.)
I’m a surgical nurse but it’s my husband who gets the clipping job—it just freaks me out.
My success for this week is finally discussing with our social worker +/- of 2 agencies to use for our hoped for 2nd adoption—then going over the info with my husband and making a decision. Our end of the paperwork is now well underway and hopefully all the state & fed. agencies will process things quickly. Praying for God’s guidance and will to be done.
It’s hard sometimes to think of the things you do as successes. You can feel like you’re forever thinking about what hasn’t been done etc. instead of what you’ve succeeded doing. Yet even little things - no matter how small or insignificant they seem to be, are important to recognise.
Well done with your successes
love you did their nails. I get scared to do that! not sure if linky is working for me but I posted. much love!!!
1. Rummaged through house to find all the delinquent Girl Scout, Brownies and Daisy patches and ironed them on just in time for the last meetings of the year.
2. Returned overdue library books.
3. Filled out my son’s football & wrestling camp forms, sent medical forms in a self addressed stamped envelope to pediatrician. I got a lot done this week!
I"m a day late this week. It’s been a doozy of a week.
1- Managed to keep 2 of my appointments on Wednesday besides working AND have dinner with my best friend who was in town this week.
2- Scheduled my mammo!
3- Apologized to hubby for my terrible behavior on Wednesday morning.
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