I was walking to Newton Centre with my four youngest kids, on a mission to make cupcakes. There’s a place there where you can make your own!  Plus they sell a buncha cupcake paraphernalia that Supermom just loves. I’ve loved cupcakes–the visual, not so much the taste–for as long as I can remember.  It’s a super happy thing for me. My kids n I draw em often.

It’s a 30 minute walk each way and I was pushing the twins in a double stroller. Sagey, age 7, was pushing Phoenix, age 4.

My kids are good sports so I was surprised to hear Sagey begin to complain.  “I’m tired. It’s hot,” etc. On and on it went. I kept focusing on the positive–the sky, the grass, the cupcake decorating coming soon–when Phoenix, being pushed in the stroller, said, “I not tired at all!”

Sagey and I laughed so hard that she forgot that she was tired.

Laughter is the great distracter and healer. And it’s free and available to you 24/7. Go get you some.