This Moment- 4:27

Inspired by Soulemama- Every Friday she shares  

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  

Here is mine...

Change

Big changes afoot here. Exciting new job opportunity for the husband and a move back to Illinois to the area we have and will always call home. Family. Old friends. And the decision for me to move to, or at least try, part-time work/work from home- so an exciting new job/life opportunity for me, too. It's everything we have wanted.

 

 And now that it's here, I am terrified. Change is terrifying. Don't get me wrong, I am also unbelievably  excited and I know in my heart this is absolutely the right choice for us right now. But I must embrace the terror, invite it in. So "Hello Terror! Nice to meet you! You and I will be hanging out for a while so let's just get comfortable and enjoy the ride." 

Thank you for this new adventure

Please help me embrace this change  with peace and laughter.

This Moment- 4:20

Inspired by Soulemama- Every Friday she shares  

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.  

Here is mine...

A good day

Today we celebrated my little boy's first birthday with close family and good friends. It was small, simple and perfect. Little man had a ball. In another time and place in my life I would have thought this day needed to be HUGE- with themes and a never-ending guest list and every bell and whistle you could imagine. I  would have stressed myself (and others) out with planning and purchasing. Today was a homemade cake, a homemade flag bunting, fresh flowers and birthday cards he had received displayed around the house. It was his closest family and friends looking at the photo albums we made celebrating his first year of life. Our first year as parents. It was eating cake, playing with birthday toys received, and laughing. It cost us $19 and took 30 minutes to clean-up. Today was a good day.

 

 Please give us many more birthdays like today. Thank you for our little boy.

This Moment- 4:13

Inspired by Soulemama- Every Friday she shares {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Here is mine...

Monday

Good Morning Monday. Fancy meeting you here.

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Guess whose  little guy developed a sudden case of separation anxiety that meant he could NOT "NO WAY NOW HOW GET ME OUT OF HERE" be alone from 1am-3am and then he missed me so much he was up again at 5am? And guess whose bigger guy has allergies that are almost as loud as separation anxiety? If you guessed This Girl, you win the big prize. I am too tired to tell you what that might be.

Please give me patience. Or a nap. 

Thank you for coffee.

This Moment

Inspired by SouleMama-"A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week."

A moment that reminds me to say 'please' and 'thank you'