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Day 19 - This first day of winter break...
...that started with hot coffee and cinnamon rolls and hours happily cleaning my kitchen from top to bottom, then came to a close with a remarkably wispy sky . All in all a truly lovely start to our winter break. Tomorrow? The bathrooms. :)
Day 17 - this gift, on this day...
On the tails of a couple of very intense days at work, this gift was incredibly thoughtful, and timely... I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but I can't wait to experiment.
Day 16 - the full tank...
We do a lot of swapping vehicles around these parts. When you're married to a car guy, there are any number of reasons why you swap vehicles pretty regularly. Every couple of weeks or so we juggle vehicles so that I can borrow the work truck, or one vehicle may need to go in the shop, or be worked on at the house over a weekend. One of the most thoughtful things that The Man does is top off the tank of whatever vehicle I'm going to be driving. I know it seems like such a little thing, but it feels huge when you're running behind on a weekday morning, remember you need gas, hustle out the door as fast as possible, turn on the truck and see you have a full tank of gas. Such a lovely, lovely thing he does....
Day 15 - Auntie
Sister of mine with a fierce, loyal heart... Beautiful dreamer, artist, theorist, realist, optimist all rolled into one. Lover of all music, as long as she can find a beat. She's a mover, a shaker. Writer of lesson plans, sketcher of dreams, doodler of fairy tales, painter of prose. I know no other with a heart like hers. So incredibly proud to call her my blood, but (almost impossibly) even prouder to call her my friend.
Day 14 - Reminders...
Day 13 - Let it multiply....
Day 12 - photo walks with my girl...
Day 11 - The Man Child
This one that has been teaching me from the very moment he arrived on this earth. This one who is an inquisitive 5 year old, a boundary stretching teenager and an old curmudgeon soul all rolled into one. He's a gamer, an artist, a maker of things. He's quick witted, head strong and hilarious. He calls me on my shit, which isn't always pleasant, but is a sure-fire was to ensure that my personal emotional growth is never pushed too far the wayside. With this type of honesty, I always know exactly where we stand with one another. Parenting can often be turbulent and confusing, but he is so steadfast in his convictions that the clarity that he brings to the conversation eliminates a lot of the confusion. Sometimes there's no room to hem and haw about the 'right decision' or 'wrong decision', it's just 'the decision'...and moving forward. There is great simplicity in that....
Day 10 - Abundance
I fell asleep mid-post last night.....
My gratitude for yesterday is for the abundance in our lives. Abundance of food, shelter, clothing, necessities, comforts. We always have what exactly what we need, even when we think we don't. We have an abundance of love, understanding, forgiveness...Sometimes we just need to reminder. Here I am reminding myself and acknowledging as well, that we have all of these things in spades....
