September 23, 2011- Perspective

I always try to keep perspective in mind.  Things can look different depending on how you choose to look at them.  I think it may be wearing off on my children and it makes my heart smile.

My daughter had a friend over tonight to play.  The two were in the front yard and they were running around, riding bikes, getting dirty,… just being little girls.   It began to rain, slowly at first and then quickly picked up.   Her friend grumbled and began to pout, ‘Oh no!   Let’s get inside quick!  It’s starting to rain.’ 

My daughter looked at her and said, “Yes!   That’s perfect… I love to dance in the rain!”

Perfect Perspective.

~K

September 24, 2011- Good Morning

We slept with the windows open on Friday night.

Sometime throughout the night, my son curled up in bed with us, snuggle in the middle of my husband and I and stayed.

Dawn was breaking… the outside was waking up…. and then… in a squeaky little morning baby voice, I hear, came the most cheerful and genuine words….

“Thank you, my birdie friend, for waking me up this morning!”

The first words I heard this morning.   He sat up in bed and smiled and then spoke the most beautiful, sincere and precious words of my day.

~K

September 23, 2011- Itsy Bitsy Spider

My little boy and I were playing outside today after a few days of wild and crazy rain.  We’d been closed up inside for too long and were happy to be sitting outside in the sun for a minute.

It was just then that we met this little (well, rather big, actually) lady….

There she was, about a foot away from us, working hard.

Obviously she too had had enough of the rain also and was glad to be in the dry air again.

 

She was starting a web and moving back and forth, her legs so delicate and yet so precisely creating this intricate pattern.

I’m not a spider kind of girl and we most certainly didn’t touch it  but I must say, to watch the web being created literally before our eyes, was absolutely incredible.

My son moved closer and then onto my lap as we watched her work.   You could actually see her spinning her web, letting out each piece and working it into a beautiful artwork.   He cuddled up onto me and we watched together.

It was then that my boy snuggled in closer and began to quietly sing.   He put his chubby little hands together and began….

dee ittseey bittsey pieder…. went up dee water pout.

I began to sing along.   He showed me the right way to place my hands, just as he’s learned in school and asked me where the spout could be.   Our friend the spider, continued to work, and to dance along to our voices.

And somehow or another, on a cloudy day, after an enormous rain, a busy ol’ spider, my boy and I, created a marvelous moment of genuine curiosity and peaceful wonder.

For today….

~K

September 22, 2011- Rain Dancing

 

"Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain." ~ Vivian Greene

 

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My husband was watching the children the other night as I was working out of the house.   There was a wild storm outside and the rain was coming down in sheets.  I glanced out the window and then grabbed my camera to capture this…

   

Yes… that is  my children.   And yes, he is driving his power car.  And yes, she is doing the Macarena. 

And yes, even over the sheets of rain coming down, you could hear their giggles.

~K

September 21, 2011- Happy International Day of Peace

Good stuff…

~K

September 20, 2011- Tumbleweed Tuesday

While not a personal photo of mine, a  personal note today;  one of which represents hope, peace and positivity….

 

Tumbleweed Tuesday….

~K

September 19, 2011- Just because…

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ”  

  ~Wayne W. Dyer

 

… I love what this man has to say and just because any chance I get it’s important to remember so much of his wisdom.   Happy Monday!

~K

September 18, 2011- And then some…

Perfect in so many ways….

~K

September 17, 2011 – Mountains

~K

September 16, 2011 – Early birds

An early bedtime. 

Movie for two.

Open windows.

Lots of sleep.

Catching up with life.

~K

September 12, 2011- Making lists

A sampling of my to do list:

1) Daily Yoga. 

2)…. anything else….

My goal for the week.   Putting myself on the top of my list… for one hour each day. 

Above vacuuming.  Above running errands.  Above catching up on laundry that is piled up in baskets to be put away.  Above everything else that will be there in an hour…..  Above all of that is one hour for me to do something that is just for me.

And I’m Loving it.

 

~K

September 11, 2011- Ten years later

Ten years ago, on a bright September morning, we held hands across the center console of the car as we drove back from our honeymoon.  We were excited and in love and anxious to begin our life together.   And as we sat there, full of hope and anticipation for our beautiful new life beginning, we also began to slowly realize the world as we knew it was about to be forever changed.

It was a strange dynamic, our lives transforming into that of now a young married couple,  full of love and potential and at just the same moments the security  in the world around us was being completely devastated through the events of what we now all know as simply:   9/11.

Because we spent the day driving, we never saw the footage everyone else saw.    We felt the quiet and somber disconnect as we drove along, our car a surplus of goodness, so to speak, filled with wedding memories and gifts --    as we listened on the radio to the overwhelming and uncontrollable destruction unfolding in our world, an absolute barrage of misery.  Coming to terms with the reality that both emotional extremes could in fact coexist during this time and in the months ahead wasn’t easy.

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Ten years later today.  

We still didn’t watch the footage.   We intentionally removed ourselves from all media and  chose instead to fill the day with happiness, remembering ten years of marriage, sharing wonderful memories of a honeymoon together and enjoying and relishing in the two beautiful children that we have.   It was certainly deliberate, but not done out of disrespect for the magnitude of the day, as much as a conscious choice to not submerse ourselves in the obvious sadness.  We had a choice of how to spend the day, and we chose to spend it … happily.  

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I’m not a believer of letting the date of something terrible destroy your life, year after year after year.   While there is an absolute awareness of dates, always stirring with correlating events,   life… or death… to me… aren’t about the dates.   The memories, good and bad, will remain and from there, it’s up to us.   How we live each day moving forward is a choice.  Some days, it’s a harder choice to make, but the choice is always there.   And I believe it’s ours to consciously make.

 

                                         9/11/11:  Spending the day being smothered with kisses!

Thoughts for today.   September 11th.  Ten years later.

~K

September 10, 2011 - Courage

The courage she displayed today filled my eyes with tears.

The enthusiasm she has engages everyone around her.

The beauty she is unaware of, stuns me.

The kindness she has with others amazes me.

The excitement she has for life… I’m glad to share.

My girl, … a brave, courageous little lion today.  

I couldn’t be more proud.

~K

September 9, 2011- Ordinary Day

Today I spent the day doing ordinary things.  Nothing fun particularly, but all necessary. 

I cleaned the house, took my car in to get new brakes, dropped off kids, went to the grocery, made dinner, picked kids up, stopped to the pharmacy… on and on and on.

It wasn’t a special day, or even an exciting day.   It was simply ordinary.  Sometimes these ordinary days are just what you need to be thankful for.    Because even though it lacked excitement, it also lacked drama or sadness or distress.

It was a simply ordinary day.   And that is wonderful all in and of itself.

~K

September 8, 2011- Breakfast for Two

Today, I had a breakfast date with one of my favorite people.

The last time we caught up for breakfast, just the two of us, was about 8 years ago.  

It was long overdue.   And just perfect.

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Today, I had breakfast with my husband.  

Just the two of us. 
In our kitchen.

With fresh vegetables from our garden.  And visiting quietly over morning coffee.

There were no kids screaming or singing or whining or talking.  

And that wasn’t lonely as much as it was just fine.

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Today, in our kitchen, was a breakfast date for two. 

I think we’ll do it again tomorrow…. there’s a lot of morning coffee mornings to make up for after eight years.

~K

September 7, 2011- Judgement

My yoga instructor uses quotes from Wayne Dyer often.

Though there was no time for yoga today, one of my favorite quotes from him is below. 

“When you judge another, you do not define them; rather you define yourself…” 

- Wayne Dyer

Interesting to keep in mind.

~K

September 6, 2011- Preschool

I love it.

I love finding myself again… for just a few moments a day.

I love the children happy and learning and finding their independent selves as well.

Preschool.   Welcome to our world.  Who’d have thought?

~K

September 5, 2011- Safe travels

I’m not a paranoid traveler.  Rather, I’m fairly comfortable.   The girl sitting next to us on a flight today, however, was a little paranoid.   I could tell with her body language.     

While traveling doesn’t bother me or fill me with worry, the day was, in retrospect,  full of prompt, effortless and safe travel.   And there’s nothing wrong with taking a moment to acknowledge and to appreciate  it.

~K

September 3, 2011- Love, Love, Love

 

“All you  need is love…. love is all you need.” 

- McCartney & Lennon

Beautiful moments….

~K

September 2, 2011- Smiles

Happy them.

Beautiful babies.

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Lucky me.

~K

August 29, 2011- Cheese, Anyone?

Who moved my Cheese?

Have you ever read that book?

It’s all about change and life and how to act and react to change.

My cheese moved today.

Looking for the direction intended to take.  Believing in the path of peace and positivity and having faith in the goodness of people.

It will be okay.

~K