It’s Number 4 Friday. AWESOOOOME!!!!

Yesterday’s post was really emotional for me.

It stirred up a lot of old stuff.

I spent the day randomly bursting into tears.

And then, Number 4 saved the day.

If you follow the facebook page, you probably already saw this post from last night.

If not, here it is:

I coach swim practice from 4:30 – 6:00.

Number 3 & 4 finish their practice at 5:30, so from 5:30 – 6:00 they usually hang out in the lobby and wait for me.

Tonight I couldn’t find Number 4.

I looked all over. 

I started to get annoyed. 

I finally found her.

I bet that was an interesting Zumba class.

 

Yep.

Instead of waiting in the lobby, Number 4 just dropped into a Zumba class.

Without a second thought.

No hesitation.

Now, I tried a 10 minute Zumba sampler class once.

This pretty much sums up my experience.

But Number 4?

Nah.

She had the freaking time of her life in that class.

Number 3 and I went into the gym.

We watched.

We watched Number 4 shake it.

We watched her work it.

We watched her have fun with the instructor.

And Number 3 and I?

We just looked at each other and laughed,

and laughed,

and laughed.

And laughed.

I have not laughed so hard in a long time.

When we left, she yelled,

“MOM!!! THAT. WAS. SO AWESOOOOME!

Ha.

She was so awesome.

Not a thought about what anyone else thought about her.

Not a care about whether she could master the moves.

She just danced her ass off, and had a ton of fun in the process.

I got a text from CCB last night.

It said,

I just saw [Number 4’s] picture.I literally wish I could be her.

Today is picture day for Number 3 and Number 4.

Number 3 came downstairs stressing about what to wear.

Number 4 bounded downstairs excited, already at 5,000 decibels.

“Today is the best day! I LOVE picture day!”

I thought about CCB’s text last night.

How awesome must it be to be so excited from something as simple as picture day?

Yeah. I wish I could be Number 4 too.

Then I thought about it.

You know what? I can.

I think I’m going to.

I’m going to have a Number Four Friday.

An NFF.

I’m going to have fun.

I’m going to appreciate the things that most of us take for granted.

Because after watching Number 4 last night,

her way looks way more fun than mine.

TGINFF 🙂

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