Things I Love About Today
June 29, 2008
Meant to post this last night…
1. Little red curls dancing just below Ella’s ears.
2. Pool party with very good friends; friends I’ve missed so much.
3. watermelon. The good, juicy, drips-down-your-chin kind.
4. the smell of chlorine mixed with sunblock–I don’t know, I just love that smell.
5. Standing under an umbrella at the pool in a rain shower.
6. Watching my husband cut up all of the fruit for the fruit salad. He’s a domestic diva. Or divo. Or whatever the manly version of diva is.
7. William — 6 year old William — making my bed for me. Just to make me happy. 
I could just squeeze him!
8. Lavender. Is there a better smell?
9. The Bluebirds in my birdhouse. How I love them. Really.
Things I Love About Today
May 25, 2008
Blue skies as far as the eye can see
The Violin & Viola at 8:30 mass
Lavender and strawberry plants
Shopping with my daughter
A Cookout with good friends
Watching the kids play “kick the can”
My new merlot peep-toe wedges
Carpets that are freshly steam-cleaned
A glass (or two) of Cabernet Sauvignon
Knowing that so many men and women gave the ultimate gift so that I could live a free life in the greatest country in the world. Happy Memorial Day America!
Things I Love about Today
May 17, 2008
The smell of coffee downstairs in the morning
Sunshine streaming through the shutters
The sound of baby Ella waking on the monitor
Irises in bloom
My shy little girl in her dance make-up
Cooking out on the charcoal grill
Corn on the cob
The hummingbird who visits our flowers daily
The way the campfire in the fire pit smells
The way William can’t sit still when he eats S’mores
Laying in bed at night, next to my best friend, listening to the rain shower…
Things I am less fond of…
The five foot black snake in our backyard. But oh, how the kids loved him!
Things I Love About Today
May 10, 2008
Sticky little fingers.
The mourning dove on my window sill.
Sunshine after a day and a half of rain.
Henry’s freckles.
Coriander.
A mowed lawn.
Pink tutus and bare feet.
Even the dirty socks that are always on the floor.
Things I Love About Today
May 4, 2008
Warm spring sunshine
Peewee soccer games
Sunblock
Coneflowers, verbena and pink thrift
Digging in the dirt
Ella’s chubby white feet in the grass
Sweaty little boy smells
Finding caterpillars
Ice cream cones
Kate’s pink polka-dotted sunglasses
A fistful of buttercups and posies from a six year old boy.
I am a thirty-something wife and stay-at-home mom of 4 little children. My days are filled with playdates, storybooks and homework; naptime, diapers and laundry; boo-boos, boogers, wet kisses and warm hugs. There are crumbs on the floor, and sticky fingerprints on the windows. It is a time in my life that is very challenging, but there are moments that are like epiphanies in which I see very clearly just how beautiful my life is.
