Lessons from my Son

Unfortunatly, the connection speed is going so slowly that I am unable to load pictures at this point. If you could see the pictures you would be very sad. My son is in that beautiful time in life when everything he does is something "new". Everywhere we go is a new place for him to be and everything he sees is a new thing for him to see.

Unlike most mom's with 2nd children, I have, in fact, documented every moment of his life and have captured all of these "new" things he is experiencing.

We are going to a huge horse show that is every night and it is wonderful to see him looking at all there is to take in. He is so genuine in the joy all of these small things bring him. He smiles at the things that have stopped making me smile. He laughs at things that don't make me laugh anymore. He enjoys things that I have stopped enjoying a long time ago.  

Watching him experience all of these new things have been such a reminder to me to enjoy every mundane thing in life as if it is new. It has encouraged me to allow the small things in life bring my joy.

I pray that today, the things that you do that are just "every day tasks" give you a refreshing experience of joy today.

One of Those Days!

There are a few days in one's life when there is just not that much to complain about. Today was one of those days. My husband stayed home today and worked for me! We switched Campbell's room and the guest room in our house... it was a job needless to say but very productive!

Then tonight, we celebrated my brother in law's birthday by going out to dinner.It was my 3 best friends and their husbands... what a fun night it was!

We went to a nice steak restaurant and every one dressed up. It was a so nice to have a reason to dress up! With kids, I feel like more times than not, I and covered in liquified sweet peas and pee...

I am so grateful for my sister! She is my best friend, a great mother and great wife... even though I am older, I am thankful that she is going through most of life first... I learn so much from her wisdom. Anyone who knows her knows that is true!

Mike always says that I have every 5 minutes of our life documented because there is not an event that I don't take a picture of... My camera is always in my purse... He will be glad to look at back at these moments when we no longer look like this!

My whole life I have prayed for friends... GOOD friends... the kind that never leave you during troubles, the kind that know what troubles you are facing because they are facing the same kind. Those kindred spirits who you feel like you have known your whole life... Praise God for answered prayers!

Like I said,,, there are those days when there is not much to complain about. I pray that you have... one of those days..............

The Older I Get......

So I had a revelation tonight... the older I get the longer my nightly routine becomes.... When I was in high school it was just the basic wash face brush teeth... then I added the birth control a few years later... then I added a night cream to keep me from wrinkling... next came the nasal rinse (nasty)... then the fish oil pills for cholesterol was added... to that came the B-12, echinacia and folic acid vitamins... there is the flossing the teeth to get rid of plaque and lotion to keep the skin elastic....

The conculsion is this: My days are getting shorter and my nightly routine is getting longer so this adds up to the majority of my days being spent undoing the day I just went through and attempting to prolong the process so I can get up the next morning to do it all over again! WOW! I'm ready for bed.... I pray that your days be... well.... prolonged!

Life: In Circular Motion....

So I just said goodbye to another All Summer Staff group... It was, as always, heart wrenching! On the way to the banquet I told my husband that after so many of these, one would think that I would be used to it by now... but indeed... I am not. Every year there are those people that penetrate my heart and at the end of every summer, it's like a part of me is walking away.

I guess, in a strange way, a part of me is walking away. Here is the real kicker...

In a few weeks, LA kids will be showing up on our doorstep. We will allow them in our homes and hearts and in 10 months after their arrival into our lives, they will always leave with part of my heart in tow. Then, a few weeks after that, the Brookhill Staff comes back and thus the circular motion of life continues.
As I was pondering this concept today as the counselors trickled in and out of my home to get their last hugs goodbye, part of me wished that I didn't feel so heartbroken. There was a part of me that wished I would get used to this routine... but then... there was another part of me that was happy that I still felt this way after so many years of doing this.

If there is no emotion in life, then what is it that makes life enjoyable? The people in my life is what makes me a very rich woman. The joy these counselors give me and the love I'm able to give them is what makes everything worth while. If you take away the emotion... what is left? 

People names when what I should have been after was their heart! 

So... whatever circular motion life has you travelling in... travel on my dear friends... travel on...