Yes I’ll make cinnamon-chip muffins
Yes we have Daddy juice
Yes you can wear shorts today
Yes there are clean socks in the laundry basket in my room
Yes you have PE today (so wear your sneakers, too)
Yes I’ll pack yogurt in your lunch
Yes I’ll pack a granola bar in your snack
Yes it’s my turn to drive you to school today
Yes you have to brush your teeth
Yes I’m picking you up from school, too
Yes your friend M can come over to play
Yes I’ll make popcorn
Yes you can jump on the (neighbor’s) trampoline
Yes you can have (another) snack
Yes I’ll read you a book
Yes we can have pizza for dinner
Yes you can have a popsicle
Yes, outside
Yes you can take a shower in the morning (instead of a bath tonight)
Yes you can wear short pajamas
Yes you have to brush your teeth
Yes it’s my turn to read tonight
Yes you can look at extra books
Yes I’ll check on you in six minutes
Yes. I love you. My first born. Yes.
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Most of you know that our blog friend Aidan Donnelly Rowley’s debut novel Life After Yes is released today. TODAY! So, if you’re not already enjoying the advanced copy you were so forward-thinking to order, hop on over to your local bookstore now or visit Aidan’s book page for a look-see. Take a break from Five for Ten and cozy up with Aidan’s fine work. I’m halfway through the book, and I can’t wait to finish!
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We will send a copy of Life After Yes to our favorite Yes post in the linky. So link up and, as always, we’ll get busy reading.
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You have inspired me to try out a yes day with my crew…although I am afraid, very afraid!
Thanks for the reminder to loosen up, just a bit!
.-= Maria´s last blog ..Yes, I can! =-.
I love your “yes” poem! I wrote today about how we need to say yes as often as we can. Looks like you’re doing a great job!
MidnightCafe´s last blog ..Say Yes!</a
I’d like to do this too. I just wish they asked more reasonable questions!
.-= Mama´s last blog ..Life After YES =-.
I love embracing yes. I am going to try the same experiment at home and see how it makes a difference. My hopes are that it will be liberating.
Thanks so much for Five for Ten. I am so inspired and grateful for the challenge.
.-= Rudri´s last blog ..Before =-.
Let’s hear it for Aidan!!
And let’s hear it for YES.
.-= Natalie´s last blog ..potluck: i am just a big fat copycat =-.
Every day is a day of yes! And your last yes? Every second.
.-= Leslie´s last blog ..House lust =-.
A perfect day of yes, thanks for sharing it, Jen. I have, since my Aidan was ever so small tried hard to avoid no. To use no for serious things like NO don’t stick that knife in the electrical outlet, or NO don’t use drugs. I try stick to encouraging my kids to make YES a priority. Within reason of course.
BUT Oh no!! The pressure!!! I really want that book but I am sure stuck on my YES post. Hmmmm. Does linking to Aidan’s blog count as a post? One more day. I can do it. maybe….
.-= Shawna´s last blog ..I’ve been lusting after this for a long time =-.
I love the last part.
Yes, I love you.
That’s the crux of the matter, isn’t it!
.-= goofdad´s last blog ..They say it’s your birthday! =-.
OH you’ve done it again. Inspired us all to write, to think… and now to be much much better moms.
Think of how many kids in the houses of these blogging moms heard yes today instead of No.
Thanks.
.-= Launa´s last blog ..Bonsoir =-.
I’ve always tried hard not to focus on “no.” It’s harder as they get older, but I loved this topic and reading other blogger’s ideas and experiences with thinking “yes!”
.-= Maureen@IslandRoar´s last blog ..Martha’s Vineyard: Edgartown =-.
It is so easy to get in the habit of saying no and so wonderful to break the habit and embrace yes!
.-= Charlotte´s last blog ..At least someone loves my parents enough to visit. =-.
Sounds like the perfect day!
.-= Mama Zen´s last blog ..Not Holding My Breath =-.
It is always fun to say Yes to the little things isn’t it. Yes to outside is the best.
.-= Heather @ One Take On Life´s last blog ..Flip side of saying “Yes” =-.
A YES day it is!
.-= For the Love of Naps – Sarah´s last blog ..Henry works with one hammer =-.
As the dust settles around this final day of five-for-ten I wanted to circle back to your Yes I zoomed past yesterday morning in the dash to work, thinking of Aiden, of all our yessing and posting.
Your poem reminds me how much moms like you and Sarah say yes, create yes, embody yes. As I strive to continue learning and growing, this experience has meant so much to me: Yes you too can participate, yes you can risk, yes you can be included as a male (albeit with a hyper-developed feminine side of which I am most proud), yes you can speak, and yes you can listen. Yes you can think together with others, yes you can feel together with others. Yes other people do encourage and not just compete. Yes we love all our children, but we also love each other… and the more we get to know each other the more love comes welling up for each other—and the group.
Thanks for all the incredible yes energy you brought to this virtual Woodstock of the soul.
Namaste
.-= Privilege of Parenting´s last blog ..“Yes!” Buby said, “Yes Dahlink!” =-.
This comment is so perfect, you are saying so much of what I have felt throughout this experience! Tears came to my eyes as I read this, Bruce.
“Woodstock of the soul”. My soul is so very much more at peace knowing that I have so very many amazing women (and men!) that “get me”.
thank you all and thank you Bruce for your beautiful words. You say it so much better than I ever could.
.-= Shawna Cevraini´s last blog ..Surrender =-.
I’m sorry but my eyes kept going back to that daddy juice line.
Intriguing.
Well now I know what to get my husband for dinner tonight. Pizza. We’ll splurg. $10 anything goes at Pizza Hut.
.-= Kim @ Money and Risk´s last blog ..Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin…oh my! Danger Ahead =-.
I absolutely love this post. It is so relevant to what we do all day long as moms. It does require tons of yes-es!
.-= Melodramommy´s last blog ..My Mommy Resume =-.
Absolutely LOVE this. I know I am totally hopping in on the last day – and totally understand if you all don’t have time to read my blog – but I just discovered you through Kisha Floren’s blog In through the out door and wanted to connect.
I am hopping over to my blog right now to write up a Yes post – :).
Thanks!
Cate
.-= Cate´s last blog ..Mother’s Day Report Card =-.
Man. This sounds like my oldest, but I don’t say YES nearly as much as you ;)
.-= Amanda´s last blog ..YES! =-.
Why is that so familiar – oh because I say yes to all the same things all the time. Thanks for making me realize again that I am not alone!
.-= Brittany at Mommy Words´s last blog ..I Want to be a Yes Man…Again =-.
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