Let the Countdown Begin...

It's May 10th.  It is the 130th day of the year. (Don't you love Google?)  

One hundred thirty days have come and gone this year and summer (if the weather ever decides to make up its mind) is going to be here in all its hot glory before we know it.  I'm not a summer girl, never have been, but do enjoy having a lighter schedule and freedom to head to the movies during the day or to the mountains for a hike before the rain hits in the late afternoon.   

Our summers seem so short, but we have 86 days to fill with some soccer camps, hiking, fishing, baseball, scout camp, camping, friends over, bon fires, sleeping in, and a vacation in there somewhere.  By the time we get into the grove of summer, we'll be off and shopping for new school clothes it seems.

This summer I want to slow down and enjoy each day as it comes and be more open to letting things just unfold throughout the day.  This is hard for a type A personality and control freak, mind you, but it is a goal (and so it gutting the boys' bedroom closets and dressers, but I'll keep that a secret for now).

As the countdown to the end of the school year begins, I hope you have plans for some iced tea or strawberry lemonade on the deck or front porch.  I hope you have plans to read your favorite novel again and plans to breathe in the warm air as the sun sets over your favorite spot, because before you know it, it will be time to put up the holiday decorations and shovel the driveway.  (For those of you wondering, you only have 228 shopping days left.)

The Beauty Others See

Why don't we see ourselves as others see us?  Why do we think our eyes are too small or too round?  Why can't we accept ourselves exactly as we are?   We are all beautiful and should believe it from the inside out.

This three minute video by Dove, will make you think.  It will make you remember to say thank you, when someone says you have beautiful hair or a smile that won't stop.   Beautiful from the inside out.

Sometimes, No Always

Sometimes the love for your family is overwhelming

Sometimes it's just perfect

Sometimes, no always

I'm grateful for my family

I love these beings with my every breath

Tender Heart

walking to the sea

the day’s breath lingers behind

sound filling within, so deeply

hurting almost

tender sun dips its toes into the blueness

setting the waves aflame

the edge is singing its invitation

to come and rest once more

resting in the wet

the cool and clear

tender heart is softened

beating now in tune with the blueness so vast

one by one they glide

ever so slowly down

falling from the skin

now wet with the day’s last breath

nothing remains of the warm glow

and time that once was, is no longer

a new breath fills deeply within,

almost hurting

Resting My Thoughts Here

So many things have been swirling around in my head over the last few weeks and really need a place to just let them rest for a bit rather than hold onto them.  My mind needs some space to breathe.  Really breathe.  Deep, meaningful breaths.  

So, today, I am laying my thoughts here and may come back to a few of them later on, but for now, they need to just sit, so I can breathe.

Doing what is right for your children isn’t always easy and isn’t always popular to the rest of the world, but fits for your needs and values.  As parents, we have to make sure our kids are respected and treated kindly and fairly.  Sometimes that means you have to speak up and sometimes more than once.  You can’t be afraid of what others may think, because what is right for you may not be right for someone else.

It’s ok not to have all the answers.  No one really does and if they say they do, they are lying and you should run the opposite direction.

I don’t like tv.  I really find it offensive most days and when I saw a commercial for a new show called “Bet On Your Baby” I about lost it.  Are you kidding me?   Bet on your 2 year old child to complete a task and win money?   What?   Trying to soften the premise by saying they are trying to win money for their child’s college, is not soft enough for this mom.   Come on ABC.   What in God’s name are you thinking?   This is what our world has come to? This really explains why the rest of the world sees the U.S. as money hungry, walk all over your friends and family to get what you want type of country.  I don’t have words.   It’s not enough to just love your children anymore.  You must make them stack a 10-story block house better than other two year olds for them to feel they are worthy!  Unbelievable.

God is God.  God knows all.  God knows your heart. God knows what you think.  God is God.  God sees what you do, both good and bad.  He sees and knows. 

I’ve been participating in Deepak Chopra and Oprah’s 21 Day Meditation Challenge for the last few weeks and am finding it to be a soul care item that brings great calm to my morning.   I’ve wanted to try it for so long, and this was the perfect way to try it.   It’s been enlightening on how it has changed my thought process and world view.  Really it has.   I have to try and find time each morning so I can make this a new habit.


I need bifocals.  Enough said.   I need to make an eye appointment, soon.

Clutter bothers me something awful, and my spring cleaning list is now five pages long.  Five pages.  I  made the list last night and it feels good to  mark off one or two things each day (dust ceiling fans and blinds upstairs). It may be winter before the spring cleaning is done, but…..that’s ok.

I keep coming back to these two phrases over and over in my mind……

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”

“Before you judge me, make sure you’re perfect.”

Thank you for letting me rest my thoughts here today.