Summertime

My two have been as busy as bees.  Baseball camp, Soccer camp, Swim lesson, Dance class and just about anything else I can fit in.  I love watching them soak it all up....I love that they are challenged everyday with something new, fun and exciting.  However, I never thought I would be the one that is exhausted.  I have had a blast...but is summertime over yet?  

I need a nap!

No day like today

So, today is just one of those days where you just have to be grateful.  

Today I am blessed, my husband is one lucky guy to still have work, my son "my own Chicken Little" hit a home run, Seanie turned a great project in we all worked on...and my daughter just made my morning with three little words.  

These things, yes, little as they may be...will never be passe'...will never dimish the joy and love we have.  Things around will change constantly...but these moments...make other moments...that aren't so pleasent...seem not so bad.

There just isn't any other day..like today.  

that little moment

There is always this moment in the wee hours of the morning when the air becomes very still.  The moon illuminates my room and I lay there with bated breath... waiting for the silence to break. The air is so still that the only thing I hear is the beating of my heart, it is eerie and exciting all at the same time.  I lay there...waiting for silence to be broken, and when it does come, I am somehow sad....I know that the day must begin, that the moment must move on...and my brain starts rushing...waiting for that single little silent moment again.  I take it all in...then the dog licks my face...now I know I am awake.

Dog Dog

My son has a stuffed animal, affectionately known as "Dog, Dog"....he loves it more than life itself.  I love it!...It simply warms my heart when I pick it up, it smells like him, it smells loved....I picked it up this morning and simply thought that I would never let this go.  A piece of my son I will cherish forever.  

the upside down umbrella

The other day I bought my four year old her first umbrella.  It opens up and shades her like an upside down tulip.  She couldn't wait for the rain....finally the rain came, she came running out in the morning telling me she had listened to the rain all night.  She could not wait to get dressed and face the world with her new umbrella.  As we opened the door and began to walk outside...I watched her face as she stood there with her upside down tulip...watching the rain hit her little piece of the world. 

I could of stood there for hours watching her...she loved every minute of it.  She might not remember her first umbrella...but I sure will...."a lovely bright colored upside down tulip...and the sweet girl who stood beneath it."

Built in Heaven

I take things for granted, I get so caught up in my daily thoughts...that I forget about the most simplistic things in life. Then there are moments that make you see how great things really are...

The kids were in the back seat of the car, chatting away about life. It was the night that we were all celebrating the new President. We had just come form a party, where the kids had a fabulous time chatting with adults and just being themselves. We were festive and celebrating the future. I am not sure at all what they were talking about, but suddenly the conversation turned into one of life....K started chatting about God, and being born...when she was born...how big she was...when she had met all of those adults....S...pondered all of these thoughts she was spewing out...of course he had to prove her worong...but then in proving her wrong...he said the sweetest most genuine thing..."K...you were built in HEAVEN!"....I realized how simplistic a thought that was, but how real he believed it to be.

I think I will always remember that thought..."being built in Heaven," a destiny we are given and how we choose to love and live determines our future.

Just a thought...from me.