April 30, 2010- Friday Night- James Taylor

Whenever I see your smiling face….

 

I have to smile myself….

Because I love you.

 

Thank you, Sweet Baby James, for these wonderful words tonight.

~K

April 29, 2010 – Delicious.

This is what I’m feeding my family these days.

And some of this…

Mixed with this…

And topped with this…

All locally grown and made within 30 miles from my home.   All with monies going back to local farmers trying to make a living growing safe and fresh produce and a local baker making fresh loaves of bread daily.

All helping my children’s minds and bodies to grow safely and naturally.

It feels good.  And tastes delicious.

~K

April 28, 2010 – Aesop’s Fables

I received this today, this poem about an ant and a grasshopper… I’m sure you’ve seen the email in circulation.  The premise is taken from the old Aesop’s fable where  the ant works hard, the grasshopper plays all summer and then they should learn to be responsible for themselves.

This was with a new little twist, talking about how now, essentially we are too ‘understanding’ or ‘liberal’ in our approach to things… how now, we would hear the grasshopper’s story, it would be on the news, there would be singing… Obama and Oprah would help.  Spare the details, the idea is here.

It’s funny to some.  Others really believe it.  While the details of my opinion of this went to a few, my real thoughts are this:

It can be an ugly and terrible danger, to ourselves and to our society, when groups of people believe that they are better than others and more deserving of basic human needs. 

We need to be careful.  We’re walking a fine line.   At the end of the day, it will come back to bite each of us.  It will hit home, every home.  It will affect families, each of our families, whether we believe it or not.

Let’s all try to practice a little bit of understanding and empathy.  I believe it would go a long way.  I believe it will help not only others but also ourselves.  I believe it will change our world.

Peace.

~K

April 27, 2010 - Finding Strength

"Letting go has never been easy, but holding on can be as difficult. Yet strength is measured not by holding on, but by letting go."
~ Len Santos

I’ve written, deleted, edited, thought…. a good bit about this quote and about my interpretation of it, whether of not I fully agree (but willing to hopefully try and believe) with these words, how they apply to my life, different scenarios, etc.

And now, I’ve finished with deciding to delete all of that and leave it up to the individual, the individual mind, the individual situation.   It gave me peace, these words.  And for that, I will share it here, in hopes that maybe others as well could also find some sort of peace or thoughts in these words.

~K

April 26, 2010- Birthday Chaos!

 

Yesterday was my birthday.  We’d had a wonderful weekend, full of celebrations, cupcakes, friends and fun.  My birthday, though was Monday.  Yesterday.

Yesterday, we did nothing.  My husband was nonstop with work, from 5:50am to 11:30pm.   My daughter had school.  My son took my makeup brush and cleaned a glob of spilled toothpaste with it.  There were classes for the kids, groceries to purchase, things to do.  

It was an ordinary day in my life.  And before I can be even KIND OF bothered by that, I must realize that my ordinary days are full of healthy kids, laughs, busyness, and happy chaos.   THAT.  in and of itself.  Is more than enough to be thankful for.  THAT. in and of itself.  Is the perfect birthday gift.

Perfectly happy chaos.  An ordinary, perfect, healthy, happy, chaotic, birthday-day.   How could anyone complain?  

~K

April 25, 2010- Sleepy a day late

I am exhausted.  Spent.  Done.   Worn out.

I am all of this because of a wonderful weekend filled with well wishes, good friends, interesting conversation and fun times.

What a lucky girl.

~K

April 24, 2010 – Green Smiles all Around

Green lettuce, onions, flowers, grass.   A day in the Local Farmer’s Market with just me and my girl.  Dinner almost 100% grown by local farmers.  A feeling of satisfaction knowing I’m not putting things into my children’s bodies that have been shipped, sprayed or altered.   It calms my soul and makes my spirit smile.

And then… an evening with family and friends.  Music and conversation, drinks and smiles.

The rain is steadily flowing today, but washing away the last bits of pollen and sprucing up the yard and flowers all the same.  I’ll take it.

On my dining room table sits a huge bouquet of fresh flowers in the most beautiful vase I’ve ever seen… an afternoon surprise from my husband, who is most generally much better to me than I often deserve.

So much to be thankful for today.  So grateful for it all.

~K