Outside my window...
it is a beautiful, foggy morning. I adore the fog because it feels like insulation from the world, it feels like my home is getting a great big hug from mother nature. So beautiful.
I am thinking...
about so many things. Mostly about my children. Madeline is making improvements in school. We see a concerted effort in her to make changes and try harder, and it makes me so happy. I am making sure to tell her...I think that's important. She is really excited to attend EFY this summer with a couple of cousins and a friend.
Lily has had some swollen glands, actually more like lumps in her neck for a few years. They are there every day, and I've talked to a couple of doctors about them. They are so big that they are visible to the eye, you can see how large they are without even touching them. They worry me. Even though the doctors have seemed alarmed at how large they are, they tell me not to worry about it unless they change or get larger. Well, since she's been sick, they are a bit more swollen than usual. I am a worried mama. Trying to decide what to do.
I am thankful for...
so much. My heart has been stuffed with feelings of gratitude this last week. Grateful for my wonderful family, grateful to live in this blessed country (even when the media says things are grim), grateful for the knowledge of a loving and aware Heavenly Father. Grateful to be a mother.
I am creating...
some CD's today for friends. Pretty, pretty CD's.
I am going...
- to the bank
- to the post office
- to the library
- to Blockbuster
- to take Jocelyn to the orthodontist
- to Costco
- on a run today. 30-40 minutes.
The Poisonwood Bible. Still. I haven't read much this week, but I'm itching to get back into this book and get it finished because there is another book I really want to start. Maybe next week, I will have that to report on. Hopefully.
I am hoping...
to get all my housework done today. Wish me luck.
I am hearing...
"In Bloom" by Tristan Prettyman. I love this hauntingly, beautiful song. It seems to capture the feeling of this foggy morning with it's moodiness.
One of my favorite things...
is following Ingrid Michaelson on Twitter and her brand new blog. Reading about her unique life as a singer/songwriter completely fascinates me. Plus, it's like taking two of my favorite things...music and blogging...and putting it together. So cool.
I must remember...
this conversation from this morning. I went in to wake up Lily and kiss her cheeks and give her hugs, and then she pulled out her tooth fairy pillow from under her pillow. For the third night in a row the tooth fairy forgot to stop by our house (!!!!!????What is wrong with me????!!!!!) She wondered why the tooth fairy hadn't come AGAIN? But she wasn't upset at all, (because she is the sweetest little thing in all the world) and I told her that maybe her head was too heavy for that tiny little fairy and that maybe we needed to keep her little pillow out on her dresser (I was grasping for something!!!) and she said she was worried that the tooth was perhaps too yellow and not clean enough.
It made me smile and I assured her that it must be her too-heavy-head. I am so thankful to have such easy going, understanding children who don't whine and cry when things don't go exactly as they would like them to. You can be 110% sure that the tooth fairy will be visiting tonight with some extra bling in tow.
***Journaling prompt ideas from The Simple Woman's Daybook
