[mckenna]

i recently realized that because things had been getting very hectic around our house, while i was spending time with my son, i was also doing a hundred other things at the same time. you know, multi -tasking. this was not working for our family. i, just this week, in fact, decided not to answer the phone between 6 and 7:30 in the evening. after 7:30 i can answer the phone but not return any calls until after the kids go to bed. this has really decreased what is going on in our house and helped me to focus more fully on my children. sometimes you just don't realize that the time you are spending with your children may not be the qualitity they deserve. i can see a much improved change in my son's behavior in the little time i have been doing this. sometimes in our hectic world, we need to stop and smell the roses.