Happy

Decades ago my Grandfather shared great wisdom with my mother and her sisters & it was "If your mother is happy then everyone is happy!". How true these words are. I can recall as a child, a teenage, & even as an adult that if my mother was or is not happy then in fact the rest of us were not happy either. Last week I decided it was time to pass these words of wisdom on to my boys (Cookie included). I am not sure if they really understood it but I am sure as time goes on it will eventually sink in. In the mean time this is what Elijah has taken from it, every time I ask him to do something & I have to say it sternly or a second time he chimes in with " Mom, You Happy??" I respond "Not really Elijah!" this response results in Elijah then busting into song "If Your Happy & You Know it" & dance. While preforming in front of me he pauses and says "Mom, do the dance & sing the song. Then You HAPPY!!" Well, he is right how can you not be happy if singing and dancing with my Elijah!