What a week! Whew. From a family funeral last weekend to celebrating both of our dads’ birthdays, some work travel for Handsome, and a few days of fun with our nephew for me, we have stayed busy and wrung out emotionally. I have lots of photos and stories to share, and happily Proverbs 31 themes are warming up my heart at a nice, healthy boil. But yesterday one of our fuzzy babies showed up with a cut leg, and everything came to a standstill. He’s fine, already healing nicely, but it definitely got my attention and sort of wiped my calendar clean for most of the day.
What follows is a Five Senses Inventory of the hours I spent with the Bachelors yesterday, keeping our tenderhearted patient company. I sat on the ground near the front field and ate a bizarre lunch of saltine crackers and Coke. Real Coke, not Diet. I know, I was shocked too.
Think: I am constantly, constantly thinking of my beautiful daughters. I think of them as babies, as toddlers, as children, and as young women. I think of what they might be doing elsewhere as I sit here. I think of their futures and the untold possibilities there.
Feel: Romantic, hopeful, grateful for our families, confident in the potential for all kinds of healing, fascinated by the political climate right now, and overall inspired. I feel inspired to pick up broken pieces of things and make new, even more beautiful things. I feel inspired to control my body in new ways because now I know I can. Now I know that very few physical things are left to chance. I feel close to my animals but not in an owner-owned kind of way. Today they look at me deeply.
I hope you take a few minutes to inventory your world. Notice what’s going on around you and inside you. Imagine amazing things for yourself and your loved ones, dwell on the best things, count your blessings. I’ll be checking in again soon for some excellent family stories and more of Proverbs 31.
Happy Weekend Friends!
xoxoxoxo
Darlin Marie,
This is a great idea for a post and daily ritual. How often do we all just rush through our lives, all the while missing the subtle nuances of gratitude that are waiting quietly for us. After spending the weekend w/ grandgirl #2, I think I’ll write one of these on Sunday. Happy weekend and I love Mr Llama’s name! Unfortunately my name rhymes with gross. lol
Rose, what a great idea to do this exercise after some time with your granddaughter!! Wow, I would LOVE to read something my Grandmother had written about time spent with me as a little girl. What a TREASURE that would be. Do it!! Share it, if you can. I’d love to read it myslef. LOL
As for “gross?” Well, LOL… How about instead, “toes?” Toes are so cute. xoxo
Oh no! So sad for the patient (Chanta?) – glad to hear he’s already healing nicely. I’ll *see* your face (and that crazy LLAMA) in a few days!!
xoxo
Nope, it’s sweet little Dusty, but he is already gobs and gobs better. xoxo You can help me TLC him when you get here PRONTO!!!!!!!!!! So excited, M. xoxo