Today I am back playing with my friends Evin and Shelley. Today I the theme is the ball I dropped. I have dropped so many balls, I don't even know where to start. It is a side effect of trying to juggle too much -- balls must hit the ground.Balls I Have Dropped:

• Taking full advantage of the opportunities provided me by going to acting school -- Fear is a very powerful force. Much like gravity, it pulls me down.
• Sleep training -- My kids were terrible sleepers as babies and I couldn't stand the crying so now I have two children aged 7 and 10 constantly in my bed.
• Baby books, etc. -- I started a beautiful baby book for Sonny-Bunny (child #1). It sits unfinished a decade later and let's not even mention the lack of book for child #2. I have bins and bins of things I saved but the likelihood that they will make it into pretty books, pretty slim.
• Learning a language and using it -- Multiple years of French have resulted in my ability to read Le Petit Prince and nothing more. If a French person spoke to me, I would simply smile and nod in my best Ugly American way.
• Friendships that have fallen away -- I am thankful to FaceBook for bringing many lost friends back but I still find there are people I miss and have not yet found again.
• Saving money -- Back in my twenties, my father told me if I could save 10% every pay check, I could easily have $1 million plus before retirement. This did not happen. Yes, I can and should start saving now but I will never get back that time.
• A million other things -- you can't get time back and you can sometimes get friends back but mostly I hope that the balls I have dropped have never hit anyone on the head.

Dropping balls is a part of my life. But I didn't drop the ball on today's challenge! It's not too late to Come and Play! What balls have you dropped?