August 5, 2010 – Good Advice to Remember

So many times in day to day encounters, I find myself thinking how people would benefit from constantly reminding themselves of this...

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.”      -Rev. Jesse Jackson

~K

August 4, 2010 – Being Grateful

 

"If you haven't got all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want." – Anonymous

 

So grateful that I don’t have many things I wouldn’t want.

~K

August 3, 2010 – She said it…

Driving through town today, I had a million things on my mind.  I was trying to remember to slow down, mentally and literally.  I had put my cell phone away, knowing it wasn’t helpful or safe to be on it while I was in the car.  My mind was going in a million different directions, focusing and worrying on a thousand different things.

Out from the backseat of the car came my daughter’s little voice.

“Don’t you just love it when the sun shines so brightly down on everything?   You know, if you look up at the trees  it almost looks like they’re spinning.”

Instantly, I was brought back to the inside of my car.  The babies in the back.   What was most important at this particular moment.  And the sun shining brightly.

Thank you, my sweet girl.  Thank you for helping me to take notice today.

~K

August 2, 2010 – Travels

After a long and heart wrenching weekend I am grateful today for a day of safe travels, an uneventful day and an evening being home safely with babies tucked snugly into their beds.

~K

August 1, 2010 – Blades of Grass

The beginning of a lifetime of bonding and friendship.

Captured for a quick moment on a warm summer’s day between bare feet and blades of grass.

~K

July 31, 2010 – An Oversight

I must be honest.  I was angry.  To say that I was doubtful  would be a gentle underestimate…

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‘How could you?’ repeatedly went through my mind.

‘Why?’ I whispered fearfully into my thoughts.

‘Where were you?’ I asked with simmering fury.

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You, of all people, are supposed to be watching now.  I thought I knew this to be true.   I believed this with all of my heart.  Well, then, where were you?

And of all people… or angels… or forces… how did you not protect him?  I thought you were watching.  I had faith in this.

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Despite all of my questioning, wrangling in my mind, no answer came.  I searched.  Not in vague symbols or random hints.  I wanted an answer.  Some kind of  explanation for your oversight. 

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And you let me wait.   And then I realized. 

 

There are so many ways this could have gone so horribly wrong. 

Inches from permanence. 

Centimeters from fatal.  

And now I absolutely know…

 

You were most definitely here.   You certainly had your eye on things.  You were watching  all along.

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And so, for today, - thank you.   The oversight was indeed mine.  

~K

July 30, 2010 – Simply

My Dad.

Today, right now,  more than ever, I am grateful for him.

~K