Joining Amanda at Soulemama for this moment.
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember.
Watching out for a tickle-monster sister.
Enjoy a beautiful August weekend!
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal
into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie
In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.
Today I’m thankful for days full of anticipation (with plenty of wondering tossed in there), a healthy babe, a healthy pregnancy, and the five littles who each took their sweet time in arriving just as #6 is doing now.
If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal
into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie
In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.
Right now I am thankful for fresh market produce, a hubby who helps make jam and can cherries despite the late hour (and takes over when I am way too tired to finish) and who doesn’t even cry when one of the jars comes out of the canner with the bottom snapped off (because my emotional state might not rule out such a reaction).
If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!
Welcome to a new week!
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal
into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie
In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.
I thought I didn’t have a reality moment to share this week. Not because there weren’t ample moments that called for deep breaths and thankful pauses but because I needed a few moments of quiet introspect – a feeling that didn’t lend itself to blog posting.
But a moment came.
A moment shortly after 3am. I gave up the tossing and turning, gave up denying the full bladder and empty stomach and confessed the truth that the warm and wiggly three-year-old in the small of my back was not helping me return to dreamland.
Getting out of bed, with disappointment that I’d in fact only been sleeping for a couple of hours, I was reminded that prayer and meditation is still the best way to spend any moment of the day (or night). In drifted reminders of thankfulness to quiet a busy mind.
Thankfulness for…
That slumbering three-year-old and the man sleeping next to her who care for my heart in such different but precious ways.
A rounded belly that grows steadily with plenty of jumps and bumps to remind of the miracle of life.
A safe home to wander in the wee hours full of peace, love and indoor plumbing.
A middle of the night lightening storm to remind me that I’m not the only one watching.
The pulse of time that beats with promise, hope and faithfulness.
And a voice that speaks sweetly of all of these things.
What are you thankful for this day?
If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal
into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie
In the name of gratitude and truthfulness I’ve decided to post a little piece of reality here once a week. Likely just a single picture. See my original post here.
I’ve been thinking about my usual reality check and not feeling like I have the best attitude towards it today. I feeling like I’m swirling in complaints more than thankfulness and have taken pause to remember gratitude (inspired by the lovely Taryn). I started to compose a longer list of gratitude but decided instead to embrace the little people who are milling around here, in particular, the little girl below.
Today I am thankful for this little girl who,while she never stops talking, offers so much love from her great big heart. This little girl who, while it breaks my heart that she is growing up, never ceases to amaze us with her most incredible imagination. This little girl who forgives so quickly a mama who is not always as patient of a listener as she should be.
If you’d like to join in with a reality check of your own, please add a link or note in the comments!