Family Pictures

Per usual, it wasn’t the perfect photo shoot I had secretly imagined in my head.  It was far from it.  What you see above is a beautiful picture of my amazing daughters, but what you don’t see is a 4 year old who earlier that day developed a terrible bladder infection and had to be run from the woods to a public park restroom every 15 minutes.  What you don’t see is a 10 year old who lost her molar and got blood everywhere as we were walking out the door.  What you don’t see is a 8 year old who decided to grab my mascara and put on eye makeup right before we walked out the door.  I had planned to take my girls out to a nice dinner after pictures since we were all dressed up, but of course that did not happen.  Instead, I had to drive my 4 year old to the emergency walk in clinic at the hospital at 8:00 pm.  After diagnosing her bladder infection, the hospital was unable to call in a prescription for her medicine, so it resulted in me driving aimlessly throughout the north side of Indy searching for a 24 hour pharmacy that would fill prescriptions.  Meanwhile, she was crying to go to the bathroom every few minutes.  They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that is for sure accurate.  Within a few minutes of a group text to my “Girl Squad,”  I had two moms calling pharmacies for me to figure out where we could go.  I had another Mom run pull-ups outside her house so I could swing by and pick some up for the night.   It’s so hard for me to ask for help, but throughout the divorce, I have realized how important it is to take people up on their offers for help.  It’s OK to not be a Super Mom.