I am grateful for silly things that my children say, which by the way is all the time. One story in particular comes to mind. We try to have a sit down dinner as a family a few times a week. With the logistics of after school activities, Tom's long work days and my evening meetings - this is often difficult. But we try.
Anyway, when we are able to sit down as a family for dinner- we take turns and go around the table (sometimes youngest to oldest- or visa versa) and tell about our day. One time when it was then six year old Ryan's turn, he said "In the morning, I got up, looked in the mirror and said 'Hey good looking how you doing?'"
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Day 37: Basketball
For the last several weeks I have been sitting on the bleachers watching Ryan and his fellow second graders play basketball. To watch him run around, make passes, dribble and have so much fun- makes me grateful that he is so happy playing basketball.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Day 36: Dream montages
One Saturday -very early in the morning- a few friends met for the purpose of creating a dream or vision montage. We had stacks of magazines- scissors, glue, and markers. The idea was to create a vision of our goals and dreams- unique to our heart's secret desires.
Though this picture ( to the right) has a glare in the middle- if you look - you can see I filled in every space and then some. Words that inspired me, phrases that made my heart sing- a picture that put a smile on my face- anything that lifted my inner most dreams and set my soul on fire.
It was an uplifting journey. I have it framed (though I can easily add more to the montage if the muse strikes) and it hangs in my writing space- so the visual of my goals and dreams are never far from my sight.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Day 35: Tulips
This gorgeous original painting was created by one of my dearest friends, artist and angel magnet- Ariane. She moved away from Savannah a couple of years ago. Right before she moved she painted this large piece of artwork for me. The image is from a favorite note card of mine. This painting hangs above a sofa in our living room, and fills my heart with gratitude for my friend and her incredible talent.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Day 34: Sunhats
There are many things I love about lazy carefree relaxed days of summer- the warm sun on my skin, walking on the sandy beach, playing in the ocean's waves, making sandcastles, collecting seashells- to name few.
But there is one memory that comes first to my mind today. When my children were babies- I always put little baby sunhats on them. It was so adorable to see their little faces poking out underneath the hat. It still makes me smile. Here is a photo of Ryan, (in 2001- at one year old) in his little beach sunhat.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Day 33: Girl Power
This past Thursday evening, my downtown diva group and I descended upon a friend's house. It wasn't for a dinner, or party- or any social event at all. We all got together to scrub, dust, polish, mop, unpack, and vacuum.
You see our friend had been living under construction and it's dust and dirt for over six weeks. She was having her 1890 (give or take) outdated kitchen completely gutted and updated to modern sleek chrome and granite newness.
Construction had ended January 31st. And on top of that - she had two guests arriving the next day. What was our dear friend- who works full time - to do? She was stressed out and in a panic. So our group of friends decided to make her house spotless with Girl Power- before her guests arrived.
We- the five or six or of us (even my husband and son stopped by for while between evening sports practices- to help) It was amazing how much can get done too. We all did our magic- what was once a house full of boxes, dust, and chaos - became five hours later- an organized spotless clean "new" old house.
It always feels good to help- and this time it felt even better because it meant so much to her. Our friend was so relieved to have her house clean and back in order too. That felt good to make her feel good.
You see our friend had been living under construction and it's dust and dirt for over six weeks. She was having her 1890 (give or take) outdated kitchen completely gutted and updated to modern sleek chrome and granite newness.
Construction had ended January 31st. And on top of that - she had two guests arriving the next day. What was our dear friend- who works full time - to do? She was stressed out and in a panic. So our group of friends decided to make her house spotless with Girl Power- before her guests arrived.
We- the five or six or of us (even my husband and son stopped by for while between evening sports practices- to help) It was amazing how much can get done too. We all did our magic- what was once a house full of boxes, dust, and chaos - became five hours later- an organized spotless clean "new" old house.
It always feels good to help- and this time it felt even better because it meant so much to her. Our friend was so relieved to have her house clean and back in order too. That felt good to make her feel good.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Day 32: Cake
Today was one of those days that involved lots of cake- which we all can agree on- is a good thing. It was an unusual day for me. First it started off with a morning breakfast get together for a friend's birthday. A few hours later I joined my Diva group for a another friend's birthday lunch. Not all of my days are non stop parties- but today was.
It's the getting together to celebrate- taking time out in our busy day to remember each other and each other's special events. It's being there for friends when they need us. It's sharing their happiness- and an occasional piece of cake.
It's the getting together to celebrate- taking time out in our busy day to remember each other and each other's special events. It's being there for friends when they need us. It's sharing their happiness- and an occasional piece of cake.
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