Easter Hugs

I like Easter because it is so much fun for the girls. Easter egg hunts, anticipation of the bunny's arrival...so much joy.

So much love, so many hugs.

I hope you had a good one, friends.

Easter Hugs

Here.

Sunshine.

Warmth.

Flowers.

Life.

Spring is finally here. The perfect season to welcome new life into our family.

We are so excited to meet this baby.

But for now, we bask in the sun, warmth, and joy of this moment.

For now, we are here.

Here.

Footprints

All of my children have made footprints on my heart.

This baby, though not yet born, is no exception.

I'm 34 weeks today, and it is getting harder to pick her up. But the kisses and cuddles made it all worth it.

You Capture: Feet

Footprints

Right In Front Of Me

I know that sometimes I worry too much.

I've been doing that a lot lately.

This morning, when I came down to make breakfast, The Mermaid handed me a drawing that she had made for me. I read the words she wrote and couldn't believe it. When I asked her where she saw these words, she pointed to two tablets that have hung in the kitchen for over six months now.

The answer had been right in front of my eyes this whole time. I just needed a little reminder, sent to me from my beautiful girl.

Faith. Hope. Love. Believe. Dream. Imagine.

Somehow, the future is a little less scary then before...

Right In Front Of Me

WW: I Am Like That Jump Rope

It's been raining here for three days straight.

I drink my coffee, look out onto my deck, and there it is:

Left out from the last day of sunshine by a little girl with small hands and a big desire to jump.

It sits and waits...waits to be dried by the sun....waits to be once again lovingly grasped by the hands of a girl who believes she can jump to the moon.

May she always remain so confident in herself...

5 Minutes For Mom: Wordless Wednesday

WW: I Am Like That Jump Rope

Goddess of Mine

My newest knitting project: Goddess

She is my first completed project on DPN's. The embroidery leaves much to be desired, but somehow for me the imperfections add to her beauty.

She was a joy to knit. I covered her with symbols of birth and the feminine; a spiral for the spiral movement of birth; a moon, for fertility; and the Egyptian Ankh, symbol for life. She is also stuffed with herbs, and smells divine.

She is a gift for a friend, but I think soon I will make another one for myself.

More details can be found on my Ravelry page.

Goddess of Mine

My Joy In The Rain

It's raining on a Monday morning. And I'm tired.

I was also tired last night, so I didn't clean up the kitchen before I went to bed. I guess I had forgotten just how much I hate waking up to a dirty kitchen. Especially on a rainy Monday morning.

I could go on and on with all my grumpy and negative thoughts, but I don't, because I have her.

She wakes up with a smile every morning, no matter what day of the week it is. She wakes up on a rainy, Monday morning and says "yay!", not "blah".

And with all the chaos in our lives right now, I shield my eyes and hide from the rain. But she puts on her rain jacket and literally skips out into it, revels in it, laughs in it.

Dances in it.

So from her, I learn how to dance again...even when it's raining.

My Joy In The Rain