Constitution Education PMA

I locked myself out of my house today. Three kids outside with me. Not one of them wearing shoes. Let me back up, because this morning? This morning I was WINNING. I took the little ones to La Comedia for The Stinky Cheese Man — the play was hilarious, the seven-person cast was incredible. My kids were bathed, their hair dried, and we arrived EARLY. (Turns out food wasn't served until 11:15, so I entertained three children at a table for 45 minutes like a one-woman circus... but still. Early.) And here's the thing — both can be true. I can love that play, love that I pulled it off... and be completely mommed out by the time we got home. So home we come. I'm exhausted. Mile-long list of chores staring at me. Then I notice another request came in for the 5-day Rise experience — so I make myself a glass of Rise, drink it down, package that experience up (housework can wait a bit, right?) and shoo the kids out to the car for the post office run. No keys. House: locked. Car keys: inside. Kids: in socks. I'll be real with you — moments like this usually break me. One thing after another, the overwhelm gets so loud I just cry. I just need SOME things to go right, you know? But today didn't go there. I called my son to borrow his house key — he works about a 25-minute walk from home. And the stroller wagon was still outside. One thing going our way! So I packed three kids into a two-seater wagon — two of whom are definitely too old for the wagon, but we do what we gotta do. Plus one hardboiled egg, wrapped in a receiving blanket, because child #3 required it. For reasons known only to the child. It was important. His work is uphill. Most of the way. And I was wearing a warm sweater with nothing appropriate underneath, so I was HOT. Confession: I am not in shape. On a normal day, that walk would have me short-tempered and miserable, every step feeling like a 10-pound weight on each ankle. But as we were walking... I noticed something. I wasn't dragging my feet. I was standing tall. Core engaged. Actually loving the feeling of moving, while the wagon inhabitants made their own music. We even stopped to chat with a neighbor, who made sure to let us know she gives out full-sized chocolate bars on Halloween. (Noted. Priorities.) And when we got to our final hill coming home? I still had enough in me to RUN down it behind that wagon. This Rise stuff has been game changing for me — as a mom, as an educator, as a housekeeper, as a researcher, and for every other hat I wear in a day. That's been my personal experience, and I don't say it lightly. If you're curious, I do offer a 5-day experience so you can try it the way I did — $35, shipping included (US only): https://unchainedwings-5day.lovable.app/ No pressure at all. You don't have to choose what I would choose.