The Power of a Child

This past week at work was a stressful one, I had a big deadline on Friday and as a result was at the office until 11pm Thursday night. Once I did get home and to bed I didn't sleep well at all, I just kept thinking about all of things that had to get done the next day to meet the deadline. Before I knew it it was the 5 o'clock hour and time to try to get out of bed. As soon as it was time to get Penelope out of bed however, the stress and worrying dissipated. It was just Penelope and me and our morning routine. I didn't even have to try to stop thinking about the work stress, it just wasn't there. My improved mood continued all the way to the office where the day actually wasn't nearly as bad as I had feared it would be the night before. Anyway, in short, I was amazed at what a difference an hour and half of taking care of Penelope made on my mental state. It was transformative.