"I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta' get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: [Howard screaming at the top of his lungs] "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
Hubby was the recipient of all my rantings. And I didn't feel much better after I was done.
As I drove around town afterwards while running errands still teary-eyed and fuming, I looked back in my rear-view mirror and could see my sweet little angels' faces sitting in the back. More tears flowed. Brooklyn's wide blue eyes, so full of wonder and life and hope. Makenna's peaceful countenance. Oakley was sitting quietly in her car seat. I wished that for just a moment, I could be them...untouched by all the chaos of life...uninterrupted by the worries and stresses. Then, Dakota broke out gleefully in song, "If you're Happy and you know it, clap your hands..." I thought to myself, "The girls are Happy. They are safe. They feel loved." I realized what a blessing it is that they are ignorant (in a good way) of all the "problems" and challenges we adults have to deal with on a daily basis. I've successfully protected them from all the "madness" around us, thus far. They are what is most important in life. They mean the world to me.
And so, to cheer us all up a little bit, and to see life through the eyes of a child, I am posting some paintings and drawings from the girls...
Brooklyn's watercolor...
Makenna's watercolor...
And, my favorite...Dakota's drawing of her Daddy.
(He was wearing an orange shirt that day.)
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