October 18, 2011- It’s Been Awhile…

so let’s go ahead and begin here….

Thoughts for today…

~K

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