As I pondered this week
the up and downs and good and bads
i looked for those little moments of joy
found in the everyday.
Life.
Elijah Nathaniel
look at those eyes
love that boy
of course he was looking at me like that because I was making him look at me
instead of him looking through the bushes
at those big red dump trucks
parked in front of his window
and taking shots of those dump trucks while sitting on your front steps
watching your little ones laugh in excitement
while you wave a thanks to the construction workers who drove extra close to your yard.
black eyed susans
I have them everywhere
of course they tend to grow almost anywhere
sigh, I just like to feel like the pro-gardener :)
sigh, I just like to feel like the pro-gardener :)
finding little girls
hanging in trees in the back yard
and again peeking at my raspberries
taken at dusk
and noticing (again) that there are no berries
but, that's okay, because my little boys loved every. single. one.
thankful for my tomatoes that are ripening
and, shhhhhh, I might have just ate one of those outside
in one of those walks around the yard
of course, it was a red one
arriving at ballet 15 minutes early
and then using the 14 minutes that remains to take a quick cat nap
taking a moment to rest
and to have quiet
by the weeding the front walk
or the back step -- don't you love my red handle?
one of my favorites of all time
ice cream
in beautiful bowls with hot fudge and nuts
tell me, what's your favorite ice cream?
And me, not caring about a messy room
but enjoying brothers playing together
content
Gracie's precision and details in
the beauty of colored pencils
so artfully arranged
talking with the mri tech about your seven kids
and telling them, as their injecting dye into your shoulder, how blessed you are to be a mom
and then chuckling as you blame the bum shoulder on carrying the kids around
which, of course, you'd do in a heartbeat again
I love being a mom
I'm grateful to be mom.
And to carry each of them.
living joyful
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