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Behold, friends and lurkers alike...I am finally posting again! And I will give you my answer as to why I am posting again after my hiatus. No, there aren't any excuses this time because I am not sorry for my reason of not posting. It was simply life. But it was a month in my life I just couldn't find the right words to use to put my life in the right frame and context. So I'll just let you know that I have been sewing, I have been cooking (in the microwave), and I have been doing a LOT of knitting.
But that leads to me to what has spurred me on to write again. And it's plain and simple. I have accepted a challenge by This Military Mama to document what I perceive my daily blessings to be for two weeks. And honestly, since I accepted the challenge earlier today, I have thought a lot about it. I noticed myself keenly aware of being in the moment...observing the details...ignoring the past, ignoring the future, but instead, being crazy aware of the present. And in that, I count that as my first blessing for today. This challenge. It is a blessing. It has made me stop and live for right now. Not live for the future, not mulling around in the past, but being aware of the here and now. And the awesome thing is that I have found that I am not only a participant in my own life but also an observer of it, too. Does that make sense? Maybe not. But it does to me.
And secondly, I am blessed by the day. I can confidently and triumphantly say that today was my day. Every detail, every speck. It was my day. Remember in the movie "While You Were Sleeping" when the father from Everybody Loves Raymond was talking to Bill Pullman over a box of donuts and he tell his son: "You know what's wrong right now? Nothing. Everything is right with the world." THAT is how I feel. And here's why...Emma came home today!!!!! After one challenging month apart, Emma finally came back home from Arizona. And she's right back to where she belongs. With her true family. Her family that knows her manners are impeccable. Her family that would bend over backwards for her. Her family that would buy her a memory card for a camera we didn't buy her. Her family that will get her an "Indian flute" as a present because we know her cues when she expresses and interest in something. I am so amazingly happy she is home! And I am blessed by her. By this day. By being her mother.
Okay, I may be getting ahead of myself right now. But these are all things I feel blessed by. My daily blessings.
And lastly but in no way least, I am blessed by my friends: Chewy and Michelle. Today they supported me, loved me, helped me, and loved me even more...but best of all, loved my kids (and continue to do so).
I'm a mature enough, experienced enough woman to know that not everyday will be like this. But I am ready to observe my life in a different way for the next two weeks. I am ready to see even more blessings in my day-to-day life. Are you?
But that leads to me to what has spurred me on to write again. And it's plain and simple. I have accepted a challenge by This Military Mama to document what I perceive my daily blessings to be for two weeks. And honestly, since I accepted the challenge earlier today, I have thought a lot about it. I noticed myself keenly aware of being in the moment...observing the details...ignoring the past, ignoring the future, but instead, being crazy aware of the present. And in that, I count that as my first blessing for today. This challenge. It is a blessing. It has made me stop and live for right now. Not live for the future, not mulling around in the past, but being aware of the here and now. And the awesome thing is that I have found that I am not only a participant in my own life but also an observer of it, too. Does that make sense? Maybe not. But it does to me.
And secondly, I am blessed by the day. I can confidently and triumphantly say that today was my day. Every detail, every speck. It was my day. Remember in the movie "While You Were Sleeping" when the father from Everybody Loves Raymond was talking to Bill Pullman over a box of donuts and he tell his son: "You know what's wrong right now? Nothing. Everything is right with the world." THAT is how I feel. And here's why...Emma came home today!!!!! After one challenging month apart, Emma finally came back home from Arizona. And she's right back to where she belongs. With her true family. Her family that knows her manners are impeccable. Her family that would bend over backwards for her. Her family that would buy her a memory card for a camera we didn't buy her. Her family that will get her an "Indian flute" as a present because we know her cues when she expresses and interest in something. I am so amazingly happy she is home! And I am blessed by her. By this day. By being her mother.
Okay, I may be getting ahead of myself right now. But these are all things I feel blessed by. My daily blessings.
And lastly but in no way least, I am blessed by my friends: Chewy and Michelle. Today they supported me, loved me, helped me, and loved me even more...but best of all, loved my kids (and continue to do so).
I'm a mature enough, experienced enough woman to know that not everyday will be like this. But I am ready to observe my life in a different way for the next two weeks. I am ready to see even more blessings in my day-to-day life. Are you?