One more day of giving thanks...

"They grow up so quickly, don't they?"
"Enjoy them now..."
"Where does the time go?"

But the truth is, I love this pace.
I've enjoyed every moment (well, most of the moments).
And I know exactly where the time has gone.

It's gone to weeks of learning how to nurse, then driving back and forth to the hospital every day for a month.
It's gone to blurry eyed nights and early mornings.
It's been filled with beautiful smiles and delicious laughter.
With rolling and sitting and crawling and walking.  And then running and rolling and today for the first time, riding a tricycle and doing a somersault.

Naturally, time hastens past.
But each age is a beautiful one, and we are blessed to share life with these boys.

I pray that I will not forget the sacred experience of each day, each moment.
And that I will not look back with regret on how quickly time has flown, but rather give thanks for all that we have known.

Birds Sitting On Trees

It's been a long, long time since I've written.

I suppose that I've gotten a little caught up (sometimes weighed down) by life.
By houses and babies and cars and work and some things that are important, and some things that are not.

I've been living in gratitude, despair, self-loathing, delight, excitement, worry, fear, anticipation, deep love and a million other things.

And I never forget that...

I am blessed.
I am blessed.
I am blessed.

Lately, I've been noticing my need for self-reflection.  In a former life (or a former part of this one), there was ample opportunity to talk late into the night, or spent afternoons in cafes, drinking coffee and pondering life as it is lived.
These days, late nights come quickly and are often an opportunity to do the dishes, do some yoga, or sleep.
Afternoons present themselves as times of joy and delight and wonder and awe, but rarely reflection.

I've been spending some time thinking about developing my inner self.  Rooting myself in what is 'unseen', and learning to rely less on others to determine my confidence and strength and more on what lies within.

And then I happened upon this:

It was just what I needed to hear.  A good reminder.
A good place to start in my rekindled desire for reflection.