Sunday, September 29, 2019
Everyone Crosses Your Path For A Reason
Whether it’s to teach you or show you something within yourself, everyone you meet is for a reason.
Sometimes it’s to show you how to love or receive love. Sometimes it’s to help heal you and turn your life around.
Appreciate everyone who comes along your journey. Also be sure to leave a positive mark on other people’s journey too.
What A Soul Mate Does...
Someone who comes in and changes your life...for the better. Who helps you see what you deserve and your full potential. Who brings out the best in you. Who connects with your core.
Oh Sunday’s...How I Heart You!
I don’t have them every weekend so weekend Mornings I do I try to make them special for them. I woke up my oldest and she rolled over and sniffed. I swear like a hound dog and I couldn’t stop laughing. Is that maple bacon mom? Yep.
She comes into the kitchen and loved seeing the cinnamon buns in a heart shaped pan. I used this pan a lot at our old house. The girls always loved it. I could serve anything in it and they would be happy.
So I whip up breakfast and start to experiment. This time I added Nutella to the pancakes. I must say was delicious. You didn’t need syrup or whip cream with it. They were delicious alone.
My youngest woke up with a sore throat so I made pasta soup. My oldest sees the pot and asks “did you really make pasta soup at 6:30 this morning?” yep!
I have done so much for these kids while younger that as they grow you tend to forget to refresh their memory with doing the same type of things. The same traditions. At times I ask if they remember all the activities and crafts and baking we did. Sometimes they forget. I am determined to bring it back into their life to recreate our memories. Just because some situations in our life are different doesn’t mean you have to stop doing the things that make your heart happy.
I hope your Sunday morning is as rewarding as mine was. I hope you wake up and do the things that make your heart happy. ❤️
Saturday, September 28, 2019
What’s For Dinner...Be Creative..Wing It!
I thought I was in the clear for dinner since we had a big lunch. Boy was I wrong. I always try to have a carb, protein and veggie or fruit available. I didn’t have any meat defrosted so I usually serve a yogurt or cheese.
They love those vanilla yogurts with fun toppings so tonight I decided to make my own for them with Oreo thins. Then was carrots and orange pasta to go with their pasta.
Parenting and feeding kids can be a battle. Luckily I have some tricks up my sleeve and my girls are actually really good at eating whatever I put in front of them. You have to just use a little creativity and dinner can be a success. Even when you’re winging it.
Saturday Funday...Skyzone...Sushi...Splash pad
How lucky am I to have these three to have fun with? I picked them up from their dad’s house and had a whole day planned. I bought them those Skyzone passes here it’s perfect. Paid for and they can enjoy 1 hour a day for three months.
Then was lunch at Wild Rice where all three asked to try my crunchy spicy tuna rolls. Which is my favorite. They dipped it in soy sauce and took a bite. I was cracking up as they spit it out and said was spicy. I must admit it’s is best to eat in one bite which was too big for their little mouths. Just meant more for me. I will admit I love that all three wanted to try it. I really try to push new food and different cultures on them and well it is rewarding as a parent to see them wanting to try them. I am such a foodie and it’s great for them to be adventurous with food at a young age.
Then we went to the Splash pad near Stepping Stones. It’s my favorite and so fun. Learn about it here
The pool is closed for winter so it was perfect to take them to the Splash pad to cool down.
I must admit was a great day. My heart was happy.
Hope your Saturday was full of fun and sunshine!
Want To Stop Aging? Go Dancing!
Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain
Be Kind You Don’t Know What People Are Dealing With
Do it next time you’re with a crowd of people. Look at their face. You can almost sense their pain. Their worries. Everyone has a battle they are dealing with. It may not be visible but smile at them. Smiling helps you and them. For one second it takes their pain and worry away. It even makes you happier too. Try it 😊
But Mom...You’re Beautiful
I am far from perfect. I have three kids. I don’t have a thyroid. I am slowly approaching a big birthday but I look back on that last 9 years of my life. The transformation. The heartache. The pain. The joy. The memories. The scars. Visible and non visible.
One morning I was bringing my girls to school. We started to talk about our looks and personality. I hate to say my girls are pretty, even though they are. I rather say your beautiful inside and out. You’re smile makes you beautiful. Your love for life and kindness and sweet voice makes you beautiful. We have this image we have to be perfect to be pretty. Pretty isn’t enough. You need to have a good solid core. Be a good loving person.
The little ones said mom you’re so beautiful. Thank you girls you are too I said. They replied it’s because I came out of your body. Yes you did and you’ll always be beautiful no matter what. But being nice and kind also makes your beautiful. Loving people and not being angry makes you beautiful. It’s not your face or hair or body. It’s your whole.
Why haven’t we taught this more. I am not perfect. My body is no where close to perfect. I can count my flaws over and over but I think what makes up the “whole” me and you and everyone is what makes us beautiful.
Beautiful is their soul, their core, their love of life and peace and happiness. It’s yours too.
That is what makes your entire being beautiful.
Find Your Gift...Share It!
Maybe it’s to help others. Maybe it’s to spread love and happiness. Maybe it’s to educate people. We all have a gift in us. We all leave marks in people’s lives.
I am trying to be her hero a friend said to me. I had mixed emotions about it. I care about him and I said at what extend do you sacrifice yourself and self happiness to help someone else.
I learned this years ago. I tried hard to love someone who needed saving. I couldn’t save them. I wasn’t his hero. He had to be his own hero.
I think we have to know where to draw a line. To what extend do you give yourself up for someone else. To what extend does the damage no longer cause pain.
I love being there for people. I love saying let’s talk. Let’s look a situation head on and be real. Let’s have fun and enjoy life. It’s simple yet demons in us complicate things.
At times we do live in a la la land. I have people I want more involvement in my life and they just can’t give it to me. But they give me something else. They all have a gift. They make me feel a void I feel. One friend calms me. He makes me feel safe and calm and cared for. Sounds strange but it’s hard to not imagine having that.
That’s what I want you to do. After reading this I want you to look within and see your gift. I want you to see gifts in others. Then praise them. Say thank you for being my safe place. Thank you for being a great friend or husband or spouse. Thank you for loving me. Thank yourself for your gift. I can look at people in my life and list their gifts and talents. Can you? Can you look within and list yours?
Friday, September 27, 2019
What If You Knew How Your Story Ends
We don’t. We never know. We can guess. We can assume. But look back on your life. Did you ever picture it to be the way it is now.
What regrets do you have? What would you do differently? Whatever those are fix them. You have time to be whatever you need. To love whomever you want to love, to heal from any pain you may have felt.
Feel Good Song: Waste
Heard this tonight and it hit me hard. Brought back a lot of memories and made me smile. Words still mean a lot. Simple. Fun. Goals in life.
Projecting...Focus On Healing
I hear this word a lot. It’s something we have to learn to work on. Projecting our pain or fear or anger on to someone else is not ok.
It’s not fair but it happens. We make mistakes and guess what it’s ok. Apologize and learn from it but don’t repeat it. Don’t repeat mistakes. Love and be happy.
I have a couple of people in my life where anger is projected on to them from their significant others and it’s awful. I remember feeling like that and even though they apologize the scars are still there.
We need to learn to not use force or be angry. We need to learn to talk about what we are feeling. Peacefully
Say What You Need To Say
Don’t be afraid to say what you need or feel. Don’t ever be afraid to say what’s in your heart or apologize when you’re wrong.
Tomorrow isn’t given. We have this one life. This one chance. Who are you going to spend your time with. What are you going to spend your time doing.
Trust It....
Even when you fight it or when it doesn’t make complete sense you have to just go with it. Know that it’s a part of your journey.
Don’t Worry It Will Happen
We need love and affection and personal touch. We yearn for the desire to feel wanted and needed. Loving the wrong person proves you have so much to give to the right one. It doesn’t mean you give up on love. It means you believe that love is out there and the right one hasn’t found you yet.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
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