“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~ Anais Nin Yesterday, it must have been that so many of you saw the question I asked and photo I posted and said, “duh, Shannon, that’s … Continue reading Why can’t the moon be a ball? How you see things can change everything.
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” ~Linda Wooten As women (and you men know just what I am talking about if the switch has ever flipped … Continue reading Motherhood: an evolution of strength, love and silliness.
“We become happier, much happier, when we realize that life is an opportunity rather than an obligation.” ~ Mary Augustine In hustling about our daily lives, we all often feel some degree of stress. Whether it’s being busy with work, home, kids, family, medical, financial, well-being, etc, you just feel stressed. Lots of obligations. Such a compulsory word, obligations. Sooo, going into this weekend, I am making a conscious decision to flip these obligations on their head and look at them as opportunities. I am currently sitting in the parking lot at Ralphs where I now will have the opportunity … Continue reading The opportunity not obligation of Life.
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” ~ Morrie Schwartz I often talk about my babies and friends and dreams and all the things that … Continue reading Be grateful for “one” that makes you smile.
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough”. ¨Groucho Marx AGE, such an interesting concept. Coming off of this weekend, my age has strangely become top of mind. … Continue reading You will get older, but have you lived?
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things.” ~ Robert Brault I am not sure waking up to the the Porta Potty being gone from my driveway will ever be a big thing, but you never know and today it makes me ever so grateful (no our Porta Potty was not a giant iPod:)) Appreciate the little things today, whether they make you smile, laugh, warm your heart or just pause to be happy for a moment it can help make it your ‘newfavoriteday’. Continue reading Little things can make your day better.
“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” ~ Don Williams, Jr. I saw this story and it made me ever so grateful for everything in my life. I wrote the other day about how everything can change in an instant and how we should be grateful for each moment and when I think about how this boy, his family, his friends, the people watching, the people following this story experienced each moment until he woke up, it makes you realize just how … Continue reading Amazing Story of a little boy who was given one more chance.
Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that … Continue reading Thoughts about “Unconditional Love” over a pot of coffee.
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