There are so many great and fun things going on this month. My class at The Maples School finished with a gorgeous sunshiney day and I brought in rubber duckies and bubbles for photos. I enjoyed starting my week with the kids who love taking photos. They are so uninhibited and the resulting art is inspiring. 🙂
Sessions, wedding consults, proofing, processing orders ….. then add in 4 nightly trips to the Orangeville Swimming Pools, piano lessons, boxing (Erin has taken up the sport – prepping her for the dating years 😉 homework, the kids’ social lives ……. then try and fit in there somewhere everything else that happens – Life is busy.
A good friend once told me that in parenting “the days are long but the years are short”. I am certainly noticing that these days. With Erin 11 and Caitlyn turning 8 in two days I am doing my best to cherish our moments; be engaged when they need me and hold the invisible safety net while letting them try their wings. I learn something new from them every day. Although these lessons can sometimes be challenging I am grateful for it all.
This past mother’s day we made a decision to keep it simple. Like most parents, Dave and I are always on the verge of exhaustion. Balancing work, household and parenting duties is complicated and the four of us rarely take the time to just be. Sunday we did just that. After a battle over who would have the honour of delivering my morning coffee a calmness settled into the day. My favourite part was reading in my sunporch with the wind in the trees, the sun shining through the windows and listening to the girls laugh, giggle and splash in the pool. (It might have even lulled me into a nap 😉
I found myself thinking how extraordinary it is what you can hear when you silence all of the external (and internal stuff :).
Happy Mother’s Day
I love my dandelion bouquets 🙂 I will take them over roses anyday!!
