Writing Fuels My Soul

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Day 2: 14 Days of Love - Photo Challenge

Everyday I pick up my two boys from school and have a few minutes to sit and admire the view of our glorious mountain before they hop into the car, filled with their stories and hellos. I love that I can pick them up everyday. I dreamed of this when I was growing up and so wished and hoped that one day, I could be a stay at home mom. I've been doing this for many years (almost 12 now) and love every minute of it. The first few moments they hop into the car are important to me. I can read their day on their face as they walk to the car and am thankful I am there to get all the details or emotions that filled the minutes of their day. The layers of their day begin to peel away and they share the silly joke they heard at lunch, the formulas they learned about the velocity of a moving car (I just nod and smile when this comes up. What they don't know about what I don't know won't hurt them), the crazy French phrase they studied, request a ride to a friend's house, or turn the music up loud for the three minute drive home. I l.o.v.e. this part of my day. It fills me to the brim. It's only a few short minutes of chatter, but it's filled with such life and personality that it brings sunshine on even the cloudiest of days. I love my job. Simply love.

the heart in my car that catches the sunlight each day while i wait to pick up my boys.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Day 1: 14 Days of Love - Photo Challenge

Today is Day 1 of my 14 Days of Love photo challenge. I'm starting with a simple photo I took on our recent trip to the Caribbean. It was a trip of love. It was time for me and my sweetheart to hold hands and relax and enjoy each other. It's a simple photo of a heart in the sand, but it's a photo that captures the moment and the sun on our faces. Truly mesmerizing to say the least. The waves coming and going and the rush and power of the ocean as it touched the shore are all in this one photo.

May your first day of February be one of light and love. May you touch those around you with a tenderness and softness that shows your love for them. Happy February.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Slipping Through My Fingers

January has slipped through my fingers like slippery wet water. How ever did the clock tick by? I am at a loss for words these days, so perhaps it has been a blessing in disguise that time has tip toed by, since I have writer’s block; and a severe case at that. Words come and go and the desire to write has come and gone over these last few weeks too many times to count.

Maybe this is a sign; a sign to change things up, a sign to begin something new, a sign to…

I am trying to work my way through it by folding socks and reading and of course transporting my children around the city to their events and helping with homework and making dinner and organizing the calendar and making updates to life insurance and balancing the checkbook, and more laundry.

With February making its grand entrance in a few days, perhaps some photography will boost my energy to write and be inspired once again. I’ll give it a try.

Beginning Friday, I will challenge myself to take a love inspired photo until Valentine’s Day and hopefully that will charge my batteries and give me some direction.

Until then, I hope you will find time to be kind to yourself on the days you don’t feel real whippy (that’s an official emotion) or are waking up tired after sleeping 10 hours. Be gentle to your soul and slowly melt into your day on those days. Be kind and tender. It will do your soul some good.

Enjoy your Monday.