Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Batman and Dr. Doom
Today I am grateful for my nephew, Price...time with him and his imagination! We went to the park today and played superheroes. He was Batman and I was Dr. Doom. Price's imagination is so fun and playtime is so exciting! His enthusiasm and laughter and energy!
Price and imagination - day 2
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Journey Begins
In November, I saw lots of my Facebook friends do "thirty days of thankfulness" or something like that. I thought it was a great idea...focus on the things we are thankful for. I didn't take part in the thankfulness party, but began to think how I could adapt a more thankful lifestyle, a more thankful heart, and a more thankful attitude for myself. I have thought to myself...it doesn't have to be on a public forum via Facebook or a blog (which I don't, or didn't have at the time)...I also thought that I wanted it to be visible to me. By visible, I thought I would put post-it's on my laundry room/garage door and everyday when I left the house, I would stop and write down something I am thankful for. Then, I could see all the things I have to be thankful for.
But I continued to think, and think, and think some more...I need a change, my life needs to be re-focused...on the positive, on the blessings, on the joy, on God. And not just for a month, but I need to challenge myself to make it a habit, a habit of focus on the good I have in my life. I do...I have so many wonderful things to be thankful for, and yet so often I focus on the negative. In order to change my outlook, to change my way of thinking, and to re-focus my priorities I have to do this consistently for a while.
So, I decided to begin a year-long journey of gratitude...an attitude of gratitude. A dear friend that work with coined that phrase. Others may have also thought of it and used it, but Pug (my dear friend) LIVES IT to the fullest! She shared that phrase in Chapel one day the first year I was at McMurry. I have remembered it and her positive spirit ever since. So, to you Pug...THANK YOU!
My year of gratitude begins today. I was going to start on January 1, 2012, but I am excited and ready to start now. I don't want to hold back just because the calendar says so. That would be very S-J of me...Meyers Briggs for those of you that don't know what I am talking about. No, no, no...this journey is not about calendars, or deadlines. It is about soul searching and gratitude.
Today, December 26, 2011, I would like to start my journey of gratitude by thanking two precious friends that have made this journey possible. They didn't even know I was doing this journey, but their presence in my life has made a difference and made my journey of gratitude possible. Every day for a year I will write about what I thankful for, grateful for; I will praise God for something. I will do this either on this blog or in an actual written journal. This blog was made possible by my spunky, fiesty, Italian friend, Katy Guercio King...The Queen of the Kings! She has inspired me to blog my journey and her blog has inspired and enabled my blog to take shape. Katy is a working mother of two, soon to be three. She does it all with grace, compassion, wit, and humor. She loves her family, is incredibly generous, and such a precious, fun-loving soul! I miss her SO much, but when I read her blogs, I feel as if I am there with her and to kids, living life alongside them. Katy has helped make my blog possible and I love her for inspiring my creative soul and helping me believe that I can do this blog thing. And also believe that you can be an awesome mom and wife while working. Next, is Carla...again, she had no clue that I was beginning this journey, but she gave me an awesome journal for Christmas! It's like she knew...could read my mind or feel that I needed it. It's the perfect journal for me, too, with all the qualities that I like in a journal. Sounds kind of silly to have qualities you like in a journal, but it's true. I like my journals to be spiral bound, and lined, and it has flowers...and stuff. Plus she wrote me a beautiful message on the inside. What a TRUE friend I have in Carla! I am so incredibly grateful for her, for her constant, steady presence in my life, for her honesty, and support.
And so with two awesome friends helping me to provide my two avenues for gratitude, I begin my journey. I am grateful for these women...Katy King and Carla. Thank you for helping me in countless ways.
But I continued to think, and think, and think some more...I need a change, my life needs to be re-focused...on the positive, on the blessings, on the joy, on God. And not just for a month, but I need to challenge myself to make it a habit, a habit of focus on the good I have in my life. I do...I have so many wonderful things to be thankful for, and yet so often I focus on the negative. In order to change my outlook, to change my way of thinking, and to re-focus my priorities I have to do this consistently for a while.
So, I decided to begin a year-long journey of gratitude...an attitude of gratitude. A dear friend that work with coined that phrase. Others may have also thought of it and used it, but Pug (my dear friend) LIVES IT to the fullest! She shared that phrase in Chapel one day the first year I was at McMurry. I have remembered it and her positive spirit ever since. So, to you Pug...THANK YOU!
My year of gratitude begins today. I was going to start on January 1, 2012, but I am excited and ready to start now. I don't want to hold back just because the calendar says so. That would be very S-J of me...Meyers Briggs for those of you that don't know what I am talking about. No, no, no...this journey is not about calendars, or deadlines. It is about soul searching and gratitude.
Today, December 26, 2011, I would like to start my journey of gratitude by thanking two precious friends that have made this journey possible. They didn't even know I was doing this journey, but their presence in my life has made a difference and made my journey of gratitude possible. Every day for a year I will write about what I thankful for, grateful for; I will praise God for something. I will do this either on this blog or in an actual written journal. This blog was made possible by my spunky, fiesty, Italian friend, Katy Guercio King...The Queen of the Kings! She has inspired me to blog my journey and her blog has inspired and enabled my blog to take shape. Katy is a working mother of two, soon to be three. She does it all with grace, compassion, wit, and humor. She loves her family, is incredibly generous, and such a precious, fun-loving soul! I miss her SO much, but when I read her blogs, I feel as if I am there with her and to kids, living life alongside them. Katy has helped make my blog possible and I love her for inspiring my creative soul and helping me believe that I can do this blog thing. And also believe that you can be an awesome mom and wife while working. Next, is Carla...again, she had no clue that I was beginning this journey, but she gave me an awesome journal for Christmas! It's like she knew...could read my mind or feel that I needed it. It's the perfect journal for me, too, with all the qualities that I like in a journal. Sounds kind of silly to have qualities you like in a journal, but it's true. I like my journals to be spiral bound, and lined, and it has flowers...and stuff. Plus she wrote me a beautiful message on the inside. What a TRUE friend I have in Carla! I am so incredibly grateful for her, for her constant, steady presence in my life, for her honesty, and support.
And so with two awesome friends helping me to provide my two avenues for gratitude, I begin my journey. I am grateful for these women...Katy King and Carla. Thank you for helping me in countless ways.
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