All in everyday living
As a homeschool and stay-at-home parent some days begin to feel monotonous. Maybe even a little like the movie Groundhog's Day.
It can be easy to lose joy in the journey of monotony and begin to define joy by my circumstances.
But what exactly is joy? Is it happiness? A feeling? An experience?
A couple of years ago I was scrolling the interwebs and saw a super cute sign that had been hand letters onto parchment shipping paper. I immediately thought, “Oooooh! I want to make one!” So I headed to the $1 Store and picked up a few tubes of this parchment shipping paper in the wrapping paper section and give it a whirl.
I love the smells that fall and winter brings.
Yes, yes, technically it is not winter yet. But, that doesn’t mean my house can’t enjoy the lovely aroma of mulled spices.
2018 was a big milestone year for us. It was our first year home with Tristan, which meant a lot of shifting, change, and letting go of what I always knew.
New beginnings can be wonderful, but sometimes they can be a tad painful too. Okay fine, maybe a LOT painful.
I am a bit of a DIY junkie. Things have calmed down a tad since bringing Tristan home, but now that we are getting more into normal groove, I am feeling the creative juices (and time) once again!
Doubt is a thief.
It takes our hopes, dreams, desires, and turns them into fear. And fear is paralyzing.
But what if you STOPPED doubting? What if you looked doubt in the face and crushed it? What if you said, “I CAN” instead of “I can’t.” What if you said, “I am doing it anyways?”
"Mom, do you think Tristan will know I am his sister when we meet?"
Watching Brooklynn naturally fall into the roll of "jie-jie" (big sister in Chinese) has been one of my greatest joys to watch. She was born to be a sister.
For a long time I found myself falling into the trend of "busy." That somehow the busier I was, the more successful, and some how "important" I was. Which is all really a lie. In fact, when people would ask me how I was doing my answer was always "busy" or maybe I would change it up and say "super busy."
For the last 10 years I have been a business entrepreneur. I worked hard to build something out of nothing and was blessed to see all of my goals for my business come to light. Every single one of those goals have been accomplished, which is huge for me. And I am so forever grateful.
Build. Crash. Build. Crash and Repeat.
I love watching him discover new things. His mind never stops and he always wants to know how things work. He loves all things vehicle related and loves to point them out with an enthusiastic yell "CAH!"
Y'all, I have GRAND PLANS every spring to clean out every nook and cranny of my house and purge things not needed. And granted, I would say we do a pretty decent job. But that is mainly because disorganization drives me nuts and old broken toys make me crazy...
