I can't tread water for 2 min

After-school today Billie and I took Kaos out for a walk, The great thing about having someone on one time with a 8 year old you get a newsfeed on what is important in their little world. To her the problems in her life are epic. For example, Joden pointed with his middle finger in class today, just as a gesture, for no other reason and one of the girls tattled on him. Mosquitos have taken over the fields at the school and they really like her. I have a hard time arguing with this, she is really sweet. The big tear jerker was, that in swim class for two minutes she couldn't tread water in the deep end, it is just to hard for her. I listened to her relay all these stories while she chocked backed her tears. Once she had regained her composure, I assured her that although her problems seem to be EPIC as she described, none of them would matter next week. She looked up at me with those big beautiful blue eyes and felt better. Wow, how can I make myself better? It is so easily preached by the Queen of the Karma sisters. So, I began running through the long list in my head of my own epic problems. Turning the 8 year old advice that I had just given to Billie to my own life. Really will my epic problems matter in 5 years? My new favorite thing is looking with old eyes at my life, so back I went to June 2006. I honestly can't remember what robbed me of sleep. Just so we all understand, at 43 I know that I can't tread water for 2 min in the deep end but I know that I am still fantastic.