Many different "hats"...

A mother wears a multitude of different "hats" during the day.

If you are a mother, you know what I am talking about. If you are not a mother, you probably still know what I am talking about because people in general wear multiple "hats" in life.

When a mother is "mothering" on their own for more than two days, one becomes more aware of those "hats" than on a regular day. I was thinking last night about all the "hats" I wore that day, and I smiled. I enjoy most of the "hats" I get to wear, even if there are times when I am tired and would rather not be wearing that "hat" - like wiping a poopy bottom for the second or third time because for some reason my kids have not figured out how to effectively use the flushable moist wipes I provide for them to get it completely clean, so many minutes later we are altogether and wondering just who has the poop smell coming from their bottoms and we have to have a bottom check with pants down and mom spreading the cheeks to inspect! :)

Just in case that rabbit trail was too much for you, I will not go into all the hats I wore yesterday.

I just wanted to let you know about a "hat" I had the extreme pleasure of wearing yesterday...the "hat" of an ARTIST. Yes loyal encouragers of my artistic dreams, I have been working on not only one collage but TWO! I am doing them for a fund raiser, so we will see if they sell. I am "secretly" hoping they will so that it will boost my courage to keep at it - besides all of you that are holding out hope of getting a piece in the next 100 years!

Here are to the "hats" that bring us pleasure and smiles inside and out. It has been too fun and so fulfilling to work with the wonderful paper and all the color it holds that I have has stashed away for too long. I often wonder why color makes me so happy, but that is for another blog. When the collages are done, I will post pictures of the finished pieces...so watch out!