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Where are your glasses?

Today I picked up little miss #2's brand new glasses.  She went to a friend's house after school and we just got home from picking her up.  Anxiously waiting to try on her new "specs", she asks where they are.....i replied and directed her to the kitchen cabinet.  She says "they aren't here."  I said, "Yes they are, and they are in a bright pink case."  I thought for sure I had lost my mind.  Two adults, two teenagers and a 3 1/2 year old proceed to search the trash, the car, the kitchen, baby doll strollers, baby doll diaper bags, backpacks etc.  You get the picture?  We continue to ask littlest miss where she might have put them and she takes us on a friday night scavenger hunt, all the while giggling inside I am sure.  After a 40 minute disection of the house, I started opening cabinets in the kitchen.......and there they were alongside the littlest of misses flip flops and a few odd things that she had stashed in the cabinet with serving trays and casserole dishes.  Moral of the story....never a dull Friday night in our home.

From ballet to "cutting" apples to spooky house crafts.....my littlest miss.....

 maybe a little fuzzy because I captured from my Blackberry, but you get the idea of the littlest miss and the joy she brings...........................................................................................................................................

I am learning hard lessons about quality time, but I am glad to have learned them..........................................

My Most Precious Moments

In all of my life I cannot tell you how glorious my heart feels when my family are all together. Even if only for a day, my heart feels overwhelmed when I am together with my husband and my three beautiful girls. Because of the age difference (16, 13 and 3) those days of travel and containing the interest of all three, to an extent, are few and far between. I am not in denial, I know that these days will become fewer as my girls grow, but when I look back it makes my heart overflow with joy to remember these days. My life is not all "normal" (if there is such a thing) as this IS my second marriage, but I have the most wonderful husband and children. I hope that when I am gone that all of my girls remember these days and know that they made me the happiest Mom. This particular trip to the Norfolk Zoo made my husband particularly happy as we were not at a shopping mall (god bless him for those trips too.

The passing

The passing-what does that mean? One can take from that many things, but tonight for me it is the passing of an aquaintance.....it is the thought of a beautiful and strong woman losing her husband the day after his 75th birthday to Alzheimers and its' complications. She lost her best friend, her lover and her friend. Today I know that any of my or anyone else's self imposed problems or NOT! Today I know that I am blessed. Tonight....I pray for the woman whom has lost her husband, lover and best friend and have counted my many blessings. The bumps in my road including divorce(a not very pretty picture now and again) do not compare to the loss felt by those of a woman, any woman who has suffered this loss! Sleep tonight on this my lovely little misses.....the loss of a true love goes deeper than any loss, so let those near and dear know the depth of the love you feel every day without fail! On this note, all other of the days' stresses are none!

Really....me?

I have recently been approached about writing a book, empowering women and telling my story of divorce and the incredibly difficult climb of a woman in a hard world. I feel a little odd because I am very lucky in comparison to many. In the same respect all of my stories aren't so pretty. It has been difficult. How would my children feel reading a book about many, many things they do not know? Would they be proud? Would they be sad? Would they be empowered as ladies in a not so gracious society? Would they be enlightened about the trip I have made and the incredible strength that I have been given through myself, my husband, my parents and so so many dear friends and business acquaintances? Should I share my story? For now I do not know. It would be amazing to help women, whom otherwise feel powerless, overcome the true isolation that divorce can bring. Oh the heartfelt suggestions I could give......I love helping people, but is this for me?

NO...I still do not feel old!

It has been awhile and so much has happened.  I have found out that the wonderful Doctor who delivered my little miss #3 is battling breast cancer,  quite beautifully if there is such a thing, little miss #1 is now driving and her Dad has bought her a car, yes she is working a part time job-very part time-and makes me so proud of her intelligence and ambition, little miss #2 starts high school next year and is such a beautiful free spirit, and little miss#3 asked me tonight if I had "hurting feelings?"  I told her only when I didn't get hugs from my three angels in the afternoon. I have met a wonderful chiropractor -even though I don't take full advantage of her capabilites- because I am a big chicken- and the ever steady soul in my life remains amazing to me and my love grows every day for him-my husband.  My parents are moving a little further away for about two years so that my hard working Father can retire soon!!!  I am diligently working on stress in my life and slowly changing what I am here on this earth to do other than stress!  I read something interesting tonight on caring bridge-where my Doctor is journaling through her ordeal with breast cancer....an interesting thought from Kristin Armstrong "Runners World May 2010"......"Moments are like fireflies. You are a runner, so go chase them. Cup them carefully in your hands and watch the glow seep through your fingers. Don't miss it."  I am not sure who Kristin Armstrong is, but she said it beautifully.  So forgive me my friends and family for being candid, not rude or disrespectful, if I seem a little more straight forward than normal, but life is too short and pictures fade too quickly to give a damn about the little things that aren't worth worrying about anyway. This weekend, I am going to try and catch a firefly-how about you?