Spirit Day

Crazy Clothes Day

Crazy Hair Day

50's Day

The kids school had "Spirit Week" just two weeks ago. Every single day is a different theme. It is a lot of cRaZy fun for them. When Spirit Week comes around it reminds me that before we know it, they will be out of school for the summer. This year has gone by so fast. Next year I will have an 8th grader - just one final year until High School begins. What happened to the time. I remember having them all at home and now those days are long past. It makes me just a little sad.

xox,

A long time . . .

Has it really been over a month since I have posted? That was not my intention at the beginning of the year. 2010 seems like it is going to be one of those busy years. Actually, it seems as the kids get bigger, life just gets busier. Between, soccer, ballet, sewing, baseball and everything in between, I have barely come up for a breath of air! I know of course that I am far from being the only one.

SendOutCards is keeping me hopping, and I love it. It is new and a lot of fun. Besides, I am building residual income which is so important in today's economy. I still have my jewelry business but am in the process of re-accessing things because of time restraints.

I hope you are all doing wonderful in 2010. You do realize that we are 1/4 of the way into the year don't you?

Have a wonderful Sunday! I will write more later - maybe even next week!

The Things Kids Say

Last week Landon said, "What was it like the first time Daddy kissed you?" I told him where we were and that I was probably happy. To this he said, "Did he take you to a 5-star restaurant afterwards?"

I swear, that kid says the absolute funniest things! He will be just 8 years old next month but sometimes he seems so much older than he is, and his drawings always amaze me too because he is so detail oriented. I told him yesterday that if God had let me pick any little boy, there is no way I could have ever come close to what God had given me in him. Truly, I am blessed.

I'm Glad There are Rainbows . . .

Each day I say that I am going to blog, and then I get busy. But more then that, sometimes the things I do in my life just seem so utterly insignificant when I look around me. I don't mind insignificant though; at least not in light of the lives and moments that I am deeply touched by.

I am on a journey with loved ones who are battling cancer, and bravely fighting for their lives. I see how bold they have become, and how tender, and caring. Cancer it seems is almost secondary to them, in light of the needs of others that they care about. Sometimes their journey brings me to tears. I pray that they win their fight.

And then there is Haiti, and as I sit in my warm house, with my belly full of food, I cannot help but think about the people over there . . . especially the little children. We have friends from Haiti, and the husband has been there to help, and he tells me about how it is, and about the children, and how he could not stop crying. It made me cry too.

And then there is the woman who was in a plane crash and nearly lost her life. Most of her body is burned. She is a wife, and a mother. She fights the good fight and counts her blessing. I read her blog daily and have great admiration for this woman.

These are only a few stories in a sea of many.

So who am I, and what do I have to say? These people whom I so admire, convict me and remind me to be thankful for the smallest of things . . . and I am. So it rains, and pours, and sometimes there is thunder and lightning, and worse. But eventually the sun comes out again, and we see a rainbow that reminds us of the things we need to be reminded about. And I am utterly grateful. I hope you are too.