Skip to main content

Pictures make for the best memories

So I was going through our pictures for 2014 for our annual Christmas card,  I came across some that I had even forgotten I had taken.  Memories that somehow got sucked away into my brain between diaper changes and dance practice,  Our kids had a pretty great year,  and I was able to find one picture of all six of us that I had totally forgotten about from 4th of July.   I take a ton of pictures but I want to take even more.  I need to print them not just take them.  I think the older kids are old enough to have some pictures in their room and my plan is to buy them both camera;s before we head off on summer adventures.

Speaking of memories Thanksgiving was tough,  I made it totally through without breaking down until we pulled out of the driveway and then it all was too much.  All of it was just too much.  We are blessed to be able to live near my siblings and mom.  Mom is really struggling this year. 

We got the tree up but that is it.  Tomorrow I will adjust the branches and then maybe have the kids do some decorating.  My meeting tomorrow got canceled.  YEA!!!! So one less thing to worry about. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

This week was a Struggle

This has been a tough week. I worked some extra hours which were only five hour shifts but were still were time away from the kids. Kids are at their breaking point and wether or not they know it they need schedules and some stablness. School starts Tuesday and comments about how people hope my kids dont kill their teachers with COVID is neither helpful or accurate. Plus we had a budget meeting after months of no meetings. In which we found out that we had once again over spent in August. Which could have been stopped if we would have known earlier in the month. I sent $1500 to student loans. Andrew turned eight yesterday and I am so thankful for him. He is become such a deep thinker and asks these amazing questions that I don't always have the answers to. The meds have helped slow him down but he is still crazy Andrew. We upped the medications and it was like he was on speed. He couldn't sleep and was kind of zombie like. Then there has been a few moments wher
Post a Comment
Read more

The one you feed...

A few weeks ago Lee text me this story.  One evening, an elderly cherokee brave told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. he said "my son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. one is evil. it is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. the other is good. it is joy, peace love, hope serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith." the grandson though about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "which wolf wins?..." the old cherokee simply replied, "the one that you feed"  One I have heard 100 times but one that I needed at that moment although I didn't know it.  There have been several situations that have happened these past few weeks and I keep thinking of that story and I have to remind myself which wolf I am feeding. There
Post a Comment
Read more