Welcome to Friday.
I hope it is finding you in a great mood, ready for the weekend and lots of rest!
I am heading to meet a dear friend for lunch in a town somewhat near me and somewhat near her. I am really looking forward to the lunch, and to the quiet drive -- in a car, all by myself...no DS noise, or DVD player blasting or the newest KIDZ Bop Cd, thank you McDonald's!
The rest of our weekend is pretty tame...my sweet girl has a birthday party to attend, which, oh by the way reminds me I need to get a present and I am hoping for some rest from a weary week...life at preschool is HARD.
Pray for me if you think about it, I am struggling with a thumb and wrist problem (please, don't anyone say the words Carpel Tunnel to me...shh and bite your tongue!) and I am in severe pain. I do need for this to go away - sooner, rather than later, please.
And while you are praying, a close friend's father is undergoing surgery on Monday, remember him and the family if you would. Thanks!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thought of the day:
Women are Angels and when someone breaks our wings.... we simply continue to fly.........on a broomstick. We are flexible.
Hee hee hee!! Enjoy your day all you, funny, funny people!!Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Hello...
Well, here we go again...
I have a post over there on the right -- you can click that one to learn all about me.
I have an email address posted, feel free to use it.
I have a facebook account...feel free to send a message.
Don't waste your time slinking around my blog trying to find answers to burning questions. I sometimes speak in riddles and there are times I write fiction here, as a practice exercise, so you are likely to read something and not fully understand it anyway. I am pretty straightforward, just go ahead and ask...plain and simple. I think you will be surprised how friendly I really am, and how very much I will be glad to share. But keep this in mind, sometimes the truth is not as pretty or nicely packaged as you might think.
Thanks for reading...whatever you decide to do!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Please believe me when I say this...I love to have readers and commenters on my blog. I am a silent reader on several blogs so I understand. To know there are people out there reading my ramblings, well, it absolutely makes my day but when it turns into what I preceive as stalking...it creeps me out. So if this applies to you...just take note, if it doesn't, don't worry about it. And if you are the reader I am speaking to, feel free to come out of the shadow...I would welcome it.
I have a post over there on the right -- you can click that one to learn all about me.
I have an email address posted, feel free to use it.
I have a facebook account...feel free to send a message.
Don't waste your time slinking around my blog trying to find answers to burning questions. I sometimes speak in riddles and there are times I write fiction here, as a practice exercise, so you are likely to read something and not fully understand it anyway. I am pretty straightforward, just go ahead and ask...plain and simple. I think you will be surprised how friendly I really am, and how very much I will be glad to share. But keep this in mind, sometimes the truth is not as pretty or nicely packaged as you might think.
Thanks for reading...whatever you decide to do!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Please believe me when I say this...I love to have readers and commenters on my blog. I am a silent reader on several blogs so I understand. To know there are people out there reading my ramblings, well, it absolutely makes my day but when it turns into what I preceive as stalking...it creeps me out. So if this applies to you...just take note, if it doesn't, don't worry about it. And if you are the reader I am speaking to, feel free to come out of the shadow...I would welcome it.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Jake
It is hard to believe that my Jake would be 17 years old today. It is even harder to believe that he has been gone for five years. I miss his cold nose, happy face, the way he used to nudge my hand to pet his head and the gentle thump of his tail while he slept, every day.
It is a bittersweet day for this former doggie mama! I love remembering him...I just hate missing him!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Lazy Like Sunday Morning...NOT!
What a day!
Church and lunch and general house de-cluttering on what should be a restful afternoon has left me frazzled!
This afternoon has concluded with me watching my daughter play outside, blowing bubbles from her own "homemade" bubble solution. She is a clever one, that child of mine. When she found an old bubble wand, but discovered we were out of the bubble solution, she ran inside, got her soap from the bathroom (in a dispenser) and mixed some of it with some water and viola' - bubble solution. I have the best time watching her and seeing her mind work.
After Ms. Soapy tired of that game, which in her five year old world did not take very long, we came inside and are now happily eating our gourmet dinner of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheese puffs!
It will soon be bath and bedtime and the week will start off with a bang I am sure, in about twelve hours. Until then, I am going to soak up all the rest of this Sunday afternoon and evening as best I can...in a bubble bath, watching some mindless television and dreaming of more springlike days ahead!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Church and lunch and general house de-cluttering on what should be a restful afternoon has left me frazzled!
This afternoon has concluded with me watching my daughter play outside, blowing bubbles from her own "homemade" bubble solution. She is a clever one, that child of mine. When she found an old bubble wand, but discovered we were out of the bubble solution, she ran inside, got her soap from the bathroom (in a dispenser) and mixed some of it with some water and viola' - bubble solution. I have the best time watching her and seeing her mind work.
After Ms. Soapy tired of that game, which in her five year old world did not take very long, we came inside and are now happily eating our gourmet dinner of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cheese puffs!
It will soon be bath and bedtime and the week will start off with a bang I am sure, in about twelve hours. Until then, I am going to soak up all the rest of this Sunday afternoon and evening as best I can...in a bubble bath, watching some mindless television and dreaming of more springlike days ahead!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Just Another Day...
Happy Saturday!
Not much planned today for me and my little clan, just a haircut for my daughter, a trip to a local pizza place for lunch and a date with my hubby for dinner and a movie tonight!
Hope you have a great weekend...oh, and I started a new blog! Come visit and share if you feel so inclined. Pancake, Pancake is open for business!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Not much planned today for me and my little clan, just a haircut for my daughter, a trip to a local pizza place for lunch and a date with my hubby for dinner and a movie tonight!
Hope you have a great weekend...oh, and I started a new blog! Come visit and share if you feel so inclined. Pancake, Pancake is open for business!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Where's A Flower Pot When You Need One?
"I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to.”
I heard this line in a song the other night, been singing it ever since.
You see, this week, I have been angry...okay...no, the right word in that sentence is hurt, but I am human, and probably like you when I get hurt, one of my first reactions is anger.
At the start of the week I was pretty clear on why I was upset, could have (and did!) spouted off a list of reasons in a jiffy minute of all the ways I had been wronged and hurt in a certain situation. I probably would have found a flower pot and kicked it from the window sill myself if I had a chance! My Irish temperament and human flesh had taken hold of me. Even more dangerous...those around me could not really tell, that is when you know it is bad! Silent anger...the most powerful of all. I just sat in my anger and seethed! That is a great word, by the way...seethed!!!!!!!
Today is Friday. I have tried to figure out how I feel today and you know what, the anger is gone. I prayed it would be, I prayed I would release it somehow and the Lord has been faithful...I did. I have realized that the situation that had me so upset is really not about ME at all. Sometimes we just have to take a step back and look at the picture a different way, twist the frame, change the lighting. I am simply a reflection off of that glass picture frame, if you will allow me to keep indulging this "picture notion!" I am a constant watcher from the gallery. I am known by the picture, seen by the picture and the picture knows that when it starts to fall off its nail, I will be there to help place it back on the hook. But I am not IN the picture. I can't be mad at the picture for not including me in itself! That is crazy talk!
My situation, my hurt, my anger, all selfish ways of living, it is not about ME. It is not about how I have been wounded. It is up to me to turn my selfishness around, to find ways to be of help and not dwell on the ways I am (supposedly) being wronged. My friend is going through a horrible time, what good can come from my wounded pride in begging and pleading for the situation to change...none!
At the beginning of the week, anger and selfishness found me...and I welcomed them in like old friends. This morning, I woke up and booted them out of the house. I want to be what I claim to be, even when it is hard and even when it hurts. I want to step outside of myself and into the greater plan.
Anybody relate?
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
I heard this line in a song the other night, been singing it ever since.
You see, this week, I have been angry...okay...no, the right word in that sentence is hurt, but I am human, and probably like you when I get hurt, one of my first reactions is anger.
At the start of the week I was pretty clear on why I was upset, could have (and did!) spouted off a list of reasons in a jiffy minute of all the ways I had been wronged and hurt in a certain situation. I probably would have found a flower pot and kicked it from the window sill myself if I had a chance! My Irish temperament and human flesh had taken hold of me. Even more dangerous...those around me could not really tell, that is when you know it is bad! Silent anger...the most powerful of all. I just sat in my anger and seethed! That is a great word, by the way...seethed!!!!!!!
Today is Friday. I have tried to figure out how I feel today and you know what, the anger is gone. I prayed it would be, I prayed I would release it somehow and the Lord has been faithful...I did. I have realized that the situation that had me so upset is really not about ME at all. Sometimes we just have to take a step back and look at the picture a different way, twist the frame, change the lighting. I am simply a reflection off of that glass picture frame, if you will allow me to keep indulging this "picture notion!" I am a constant watcher from the gallery. I am known by the picture, seen by the picture and the picture knows that when it starts to fall off its nail, I will be there to help place it back on the hook. But I am not IN the picture. I can't be mad at the picture for not including me in itself! That is crazy talk!
My situation, my hurt, my anger, all selfish ways of living, it is not about ME. It is not about how I have been wounded. It is up to me to turn my selfishness around, to find ways to be of help and not dwell on the ways I am (supposedly) being wronged. My friend is going through a horrible time, what good can come from my wounded pride in begging and pleading for the situation to change...none!
At the beginning of the week, anger and selfishness found me...and I welcomed them in like old friends. This morning, I woke up and booted them out of the house. I want to be what I claim to be, even when it is hard and even when it hurts. I want to step outside of myself and into the greater plan.
Anybody relate?
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
From The Hall of Fame to The Big House...What A Way To Spend An Afternoon!
Over the weekend, my hubby and I took a "romantic" trip to have our taxes done and discovered two really fun museums. I didn't take a whole bunch of pictures because I was using my phone as a camera...and it has taken me about two days to learn how to download pictures from my phone to the computer...technology..such a gift! :-p
So, here in picture form is the highlight reel of our time at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and The Allman Brothers museum.
Here is a fiddle...my mom has my great grandfather's...in a case and everything just like this one..so I took this picture for her!
Here is a drum kit, played by Phil Collins at some point. I'm a huge Phil fan..thought I would share ...
Here is a tour poster from R.E.M...love R.E.M, love Italy...this was a natural picture to take for this gal! By the by, I should post one day about the time I went to the R.E.M. concert and left before they came on stage...a highlight of my life...hahaha
Here is a Widespread Panic tour poster...you don't know them you say...well, now you have a project for the weekend!
And for all you Love Shack fans out there...here are some B-52's stage outfits...Gotta love that!
Oh there were tons more highlights...but you can just check out their website for yourself.
Next we traveled up the street (or two) to The Big House aka The Allman Brothers' museum. Now, I didn't know much about The Allman Brothers except one was married to Cher and I knew a few of their more popular hits. I was impressed and very well educated when I left. It is a great tribute to the band and the home they all shared during the early and most productive years of their history. I took a few pictures here as well, wish I had taken my "real" camera but here is the link to their site as well. Enjoy...and if you are ever in Macon, GA...take advantage of these two museums..truly worth the trip!
Here was the reception room of the house...the wall is filled with a timeline of their tour posters, the opposite wall is lined with gold records.
This exhibit was set up in the sunroom, or room the band used for their jam and writing sessions. The backdrop photo was taken at an early band gig and shows all the original members of the band, circa..1971. The original drum set and amps as well as the original cases from their first tour and first album. Pretty cool.
This is the kitchen of the house...it is the spot where Dickey Betts wrote "Ramblin Man." I actually knew this song...so I had to take a picture!
This picture was in the kitchen, it is from the band's first album and photo shoot. It is the original guys...too cool for school!
Anyway...it was a great way to spend a Saturday!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
So, here in picture form is the highlight reel of our time at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and The Allman Brothers museum.
Here is a fiddle...my mom has my great grandfather's...in a case and everything just like this one..so I took this picture for her!
Here is a drum kit, played by Phil Collins at some point. I'm a huge Phil fan..thought I would share ...
Here is a tour poster from R.E.M...love R.E.M, love Italy...this was a natural picture to take for this gal! By the by, I should post one day about the time I went to the R.E.M. concert and left before they came on stage...a highlight of my life...hahaha
Here is a Widespread Panic tour poster...you don't know them you say...well, now you have a project for the weekend!
And for all you Love Shack fans out there...here are some B-52's stage outfits...Gotta love that!
Oh there were tons more highlights...but you can just check out their website for yourself.Next we traveled up the street (or two) to The Big House aka The Allman Brothers' museum. Now, I didn't know much about The Allman Brothers except one was married to Cher and I knew a few of their more popular hits. I was impressed and very well educated when I left. It is a great tribute to the band and the home they all shared during the early and most productive years of their history. I took a few pictures here as well, wish I had taken my "real" camera but here is the link to their site as well. Enjoy...and if you are ever in Macon, GA...take advantage of these two museums..truly worth the trip!
Here was the reception room of the house...the wall is filled with a timeline of their tour posters, the opposite wall is lined with gold records.
This exhibit was set up in the sunroom, or room the band used for their jam and writing sessions. The backdrop photo was taken at an early band gig and shows all the original members of the band, circa..1971. The original drum set and amps as well as the original cases from their first tour and first album. Pretty cool.
This is the kitchen of the house...it is the spot where Dickey Betts wrote "Ramblin Man." I actually knew this song...so I had to take a picture!
This picture was in the kitchen, it is from the band's first album and photo shoot. It is the original guys...too cool for school!
Anyway...it was a great way to spend a Saturday!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I Can't...
I can't...forget
but I can forgive.
I can't...go back
but I can move forward
I can't...stop the pain
but I can learn the lesson
I can't...stop hoping
but I can accept things as they are
I can't...stop you from talking
but I can listen to what you are not saying
I can't...save you
But I know who can.
These words came to me tonight as I sat reflecting on one particular situation in my life. As I wrote and then sat back and re-read it, I realized the words apply to several situations in my life, not just one. It was written for and about a friend that has hurt me by forgetting the one thing I require in a friendship is honesty. But if could easily be about my relationship with my husband or the hopes and fears I have for my child, or about a lot of the future scenarios yet to come in my life. It started out as a frustrated list of the "can'ts"of one situation and turned out to be a list of "cans" about a whole bunch of other ones. See, I told ya'll this blog was my therapy session everyday!! :-)
Hope it has somehow helped you today as well.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
but I can forgive.
I can't...go back
but I can move forward
I can't...stop the pain
but I can learn the lesson
I can't...stop hoping
but I can accept things as they are
I can't...stop you from talking
but I can listen to what you are not saying
I can't...save you
But I know who can.
These words came to me tonight as I sat reflecting on one particular situation in my life. As I wrote and then sat back and re-read it, I realized the words apply to several situations in my life, not just one. It was written for and about a friend that has hurt me by forgetting the one thing I require in a friendship is honesty. But if could easily be about my relationship with my husband or the hopes and fears I have for my child, or about a lot of the future scenarios yet to come in my life. It started out as a frustrated list of the "can'ts"of one situation and turned out to be a list of "cans" about a whole bunch of other ones. See, I told ya'll this blog was my therapy session everyday!! :-)
Hope it has somehow helped you today as well.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Monday, February 15, 2010
My Brain Can't Come Up With a Title For This One!
Our annual day trip to a neighboring city to get our taxes done is over. We actually enjoyed the time alone as a couple and visited some great museums on our "day trip!"
Valentine's Day has come and gone and school is out for another day tomorrow for winter break...beyond that...nothing much else going on.
I managed to entice my mother into keeping my child today while I had lunch with a friend. We seldom get to meet for a girl's day, so lunch usually turns into three or four hours and today was no different. I so appreciate having grandparents in town to graciously give of their time so that I can do things like sit and chat with a girlfriend for hours on end, catching up on both of our lives. It is so important to my sanity, I can't even begin to tell you how therapeutic the afternoon was for me.
Hope your day was just as fun as mine.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Valentine's Day has come and gone and school is out for another day tomorrow for winter break...beyond that...nothing much else going on.
I managed to entice my mother into keeping my child today while I had lunch with a friend. We seldom get to meet for a girl's day, so lunch usually turns into three or four hours and today was no different. I so appreciate having grandparents in town to graciously give of their time so that I can do things like sit and chat with a girlfriend for hours on end, catching up on both of our lives. It is so important to my sanity, I can't even begin to tell you how therapeutic the afternoon was for me.
Hope your day was just as fun as mine.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Love Is For Every Day...Not Just This One!
True love stories never have an ending!
Hope all your days are filled with love...not just today!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Hope all your days are filled with love...not just today!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Saturday, February 13, 2010
I Felt Like Ma Ingalls for Half a Second!
It snowed here -- the biggest snowfall on record since 1973!!! We rarely get to see the white stuff. My daughter had a blast...she dubbed it "the best day of her life!" Dad and I had fun too...nothing like a little snow to make everyone a child on a day like yesterday.
We lost our power about 8 PM, grabbed some candles and played a few games and sang some songs in the darkness before we all headed off to bed. Pa and I slept with "half-pint" in her bed...and we all slept like bugs in a rug. It was a crazy night - but tons of fun.
This morning the kiddo and her daddy went back outside around 7 AM...just couldn't hold off playing in the snow one more minute. The sun is starting to come out and I fear the white stuff will be leaving us soon ...but it sure was fun while it lasted!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I Wish....And Hope You Read This One
I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was
I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so
I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was
When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you
I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was
I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello
Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about
I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
~Brandon Heath
"I'm Not Who I Was"
Wish I had written this....it says it all for me!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was
I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so
I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was
When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you
I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was
I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello
Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about
I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
~Brandon Heath
"I'm Not Who I Was"
Wish I had written this....it says it all for me!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Happy, Happy Birthday To YOU!
Happy Birthday to my Dad!
Hope your day is great!
Living Happily in the Moment,
Beverly
Hope your day is great!
Living Happily in the Moment,
Beverly
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Rain, Shopping and Various Other Thoughts
Tonight my child and I took a trip to our local Walmarts. We were in dire need of some strawberry ice cream and a box of valentines for her class party on Thursday, oh and some shampoo. It was an emergency visit.
Here is my question for the day...why is it that I needed three items but came out of the store with four bags that included things like Valentine pencils, a tube of watermelon lip gloss, some conversation hearts, a video and and various other "NEEDS?"
Why can't I ever just go into Targets or Walmarts, grab the three things I NEED and leave? It is like the aisles just draw me in, I am entranced by all the shiny objects and I really believe I need that new tube of glitter spray lotion. (I resisted that urge, thank you very much, I am over 30!!)
We finally did manage to leave the store only to have the alarm buzz as we walked out the door, causing everyone in the vicinity to look at us as if we had just shoplifted a plasma tv. It was a quirk of the system and we were told to move on along (rather rudely, I might add!) by the "greeter" --- aren't they supposed to be nice?
After putting our packages in the car, we proceeded to jump in a few puddles since we both had on our rain boots, then headed home for bath and bedtime. It is the little moments,people, the little moments that make life worth living. Buy a pair of rain boots, find a five year old...it is so worth it!
And that was our evening...hope yours was just as grand!
Living Happily In The Moment!
Beverly
Here is my question for the day...why is it that I needed three items but came out of the store with four bags that included things like Valentine pencils, a tube of watermelon lip gloss, some conversation hearts, a video and and various other "NEEDS?"
Why can't I ever just go into Targets or Walmarts, grab the three things I NEED and leave? It is like the aisles just draw me in, I am entranced by all the shiny objects and I really believe I need that new tube of glitter spray lotion. (I resisted that urge, thank you very much, I am over 30!!)
We finally did manage to leave the store only to have the alarm buzz as we walked out the door, causing everyone in the vicinity to look at us as if we had just shoplifted a plasma tv. It was a quirk of the system and we were told to move on along (rather rudely, I might add!) by the "greeter" --- aren't they supposed to be nice?
After putting our packages in the car, we proceeded to jump in a few puddles since we both had on our rain boots, then headed home for bath and bedtime. It is the little moments,people, the little moments that make life worth living. Buy a pair of rain boots, find a five year old...it is so worth it!
And that was our evening...hope yours was just as grand!
Living Happily In The Moment!
Beverly
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Super Mario Kart Bowl
We are not really football fans around this little house on the lane.
Tonight, being Superbowl Sunday, is just another night as far as we are concerned...but I did get in the party mood and cooked us up a fine "appetizer" type of dinner.
We had beef dip sandwiches with au jus, Mexican dip, (husband's favorites and choice for the night) and mozzarella sticks and meatballs (daughter's picks!). We even had ice cream for dessert.
And then, as the rest of you (most likely) watched some football nonsense with commericals...we three sat on the couch and played Mario Kart on the Wii. It was a great family time and so nice to included in the fun, especially after yesterday when I was invisible! Even better... I won all the races!!! I think I am not ever gonna be allowed to play again...but it sure was fun!
Hope you had a great Sunday...
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Tonight, being Superbowl Sunday, is just another night as far as we are concerned...but I did get in the party mood and cooked us up a fine "appetizer" type of dinner.
We had beef dip sandwiches with au jus, Mexican dip, (husband's favorites and choice for the night) and mozzarella sticks and meatballs (daughter's picks!). We even had ice cream for dessert.
And then, as the rest of you (most likely) watched some football nonsense with commericals...we three sat on the couch and played Mario Kart on the Wii. It was a great family time and so nice to included in the fun, especially after yesterday when I was invisible! Even better... I won all the races!!! I think I am not ever gonna be allowed to play again...but it sure was fun!
Hope you had a great Sunday...
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Building A Cathedral
Recently I was sent an email from one of my personal life heroines entitled "The Invisible Woman." Perhaps you have seen the video or read the story. The basic premise is this...women, moms, grandmothers, aunts, girlfriends, by nature are nurturers, doing for everyone around us often times to the detriment of ourselves, our wants and wishes and dreams. All of us probably at one time or another can identify with being invisible. I was looking back at my status updates from last year on Facebook and realized more than any other status, I wrote..."I am invisible today."
I tend to be dramatic (no! Really???? I bet you knew that already!) but even as I love my life, my family, my job, my child, my friends...there are times that I just feel invisible around them all. It seems as if my work never ends, that others around me are the beneficiaries of my skills, talents, nurture and care and yet, there are not a lot of standing ovations when I walk in a room. Truthfully, more often than not there is just a look of disdain as I walk in front of the tv screen. It is the burden of being a mom and a wife. It is a burden I gladly bear for the ones I love, but it is not without scrapes and scars on my psyche! :-)
The video and story of "The Invisible Woman" does more than just bemoan the trials and tribulations of an under appreciated woman. It also tells the story, in comparison, of the builders of the great cathedrals in Europe centuries ago. The amount of time and detail that these talented carpenters, sculptors and painters took over the the most painstakingly minute aspects of these architectural masterpieces is staggering. Most spent their entire lives working on a project that they would never see finished. They gave their blood, sweat and tears to the greater work, so that all these years later we could enjoy their work and ultimately be brought into God's glorious presence within those walls. The cathedrals are named for the Saints or for their locations or many other ancient namesakes, but you will not find the names of all the workers who gave all of themselves to create the actual building. They are the nameless, faceless "invisible"cathedral builders of long ago.
I am trying to dwell on this story tonight as I sit in my home feeling as though I donned an invisibility cloak about two hours ago. I know that everything I am doing is being seen. El Roi, the God who sees...knows what the intent of my heart is when I am folding laundry, doing dishes, cleaning toilets and making dinner for my family, even though that dinner has now sat untouched for quite awhile because they are too busy playing to come to the table.
I know that I am building my own kind of cathedral, raising a daughter, a project that bears no guarantee I will ever see completed, but I build it anyway. I strive every day to point her in the right direction by doing the right things myself. I try to show her how to be a wife, to submit as unto the Lord, even when it is hard and a struggle. I try to show her by example how to care for the ones she loves so that one day, when she is an invisible cathedral builder herself, she will be able to rest securely like I do, that it is not for nothing, that it is important and the tasks, however minute and ordinary are never too much when done for the ones we truly love.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
I tend to be dramatic (no! Really???? I bet you knew that already!) but even as I love my life, my family, my job, my child, my friends...there are times that I just feel invisible around them all. It seems as if my work never ends, that others around me are the beneficiaries of my skills, talents, nurture and care and yet, there are not a lot of standing ovations when I walk in a room. Truthfully, more often than not there is just a look of disdain as I walk in front of the tv screen. It is the burden of being a mom and a wife. It is a burden I gladly bear for the ones I love, but it is not without scrapes and scars on my psyche! :-)
The video and story of "The Invisible Woman" does more than just bemoan the trials and tribulations of an under appreciated woman. It also tells the story, in comparison, of the builders of the great cathedrals in Europe centuries ago. The amount of time and detail that these talented carpenters, sculptors and painters took over the the most painstakingly minute aspects of these architectural masterpieces is staggering. Most spent their entire lives working on a project that they would never see finished. They gave their blood, sweat and tears to the greater work, so that all these years later we could enjoy their work and ultimately be brought into God's glorious presence within those walls. The cathedrals are named for the Saints or for their locations or many other ancient namesakes, but you will not find the names of all the workers who gave all of themselves to create the actual building. They are the nameless, faceless "invisible"cathedral builders of long ago.
I am trying to dwell on this story tonight as I sit in my home feeling as though I donned an invisibility cloak about two hours ago. I know that everything I am doing is being seen. El Roi, the God who sees...knows what the intent of my heart is when I am folding laundry, doing dishes, cleaning toilets and making dinner for my family, even though that dinner has now sat untouched for quite awhile because they are too busy playing to come to the table.
I know that I am building my own kind of cathedral, raising a daughter, a project that bears no guarantee I will ever see completed, but I build it anyway. I strive every day to point her in the right direction by doing the right things myself. I try to show her how to be a wife, to submit as unto the Lord, even when it is hard and a struggle. I try to show her by example how to care for the ones she loves so that one day, when she is an invisible cathedral builder herself, she will be able to rest securely like I do, that it is not for nothing, that it is important and the tasks, however minute and ordinary are never too much when done for the ones we truly love.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
My Masterpiece
This goes in the file...Things That Make My Day!!This is a masterpiece created by my little artist in residence. It is a picture of she and I playing in the sunshine. It hangs in my kitchen...my favorite piece of art in the whole house!
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Friday, February 5, 2010
This One's For You
"The LORD gives strength to his people;
the LORD blesses his people with peace." Psalm 29:11
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27
the LORD blesses his people with peace." Psalm 29:11
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27
Living Happily in the Moment,
Bev
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
We're Gonna ROCK!
You see this...
guess where I'll be on June 9th...
I'll be ROCKIN' the night away with my friend Myra and my favorite bald, tattooed musician...DAUGHTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(this is a picture of him, gazing into the future...thinking of how much fun we are all gonna have that night!)
Don't ya'll wish you were me?
Swooning Happily in the Moment!
Bev
guess where I'll be on June 9th...I'll be ROCKIN' the night away with my friend Myra and my favorite bald, tattooed musician...DAUGHTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(this is a picture of him, gazing into the future...thinking of how much fun we are all gonna have that night!)Don't ya'll wish you were me?
Swooning Happily in the Moment!
Bev
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Is It Saturday Yet?
I will be so glad when Friday is here, and over and a check mark on the calendar. Basically this means that I want it to be Saturday really badly.
It is not that I don't like Fridays...oh no, they are quite possibly my favorite day of the week. Child in school, no work for me, free time or at least time to do things I need and want to do! But this Friday, oh boy, it is not a day I am looking for to at the moment. My director and I are participating in a "fair" at a local venue for moms of preschoolers. We will have a booth and for about three hours we will stand around and answer questions and hopefully entice some parents to place their children in our care for either Mother's Day Out or preschool next school year.
If you had told me I would have to work a trade show when I took this job, I might have turned it down. Seriously...I have worked my share of trade shows (I used to be a coordinator of trade shows for a medical company about a lifetime ago) in my day and they do not bring back too many fond memories for me. Sure, I got to travel, saw things and met people I probably never would have, but I worked a lot of long hours, had to put up with our company's sales force (made up of ...well, basically FRAT boys straight out of college) and all the trials and tribulations of life on the road and the details of the construction of our booth on site. It was a crazy time of life.
I am hoping this Friday turns out much better than the trade show days of my past. I am pretty certain the crowd will be different, soccer moms and preschoolers as opposed to John Wayne Bobbitt and his "entourage" or Bob Dole or countless doctors strolling the aisle. I am also hoping that I find another 100 hours in this week to help me create all the things I need to create in order for this booth of ours to look its very best.
My little brain and eyes are tired tonight. The fog of the day has settled in and I am off to get some much needed rest.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
It is not that I don't like Fridays...oh no, they are quite possibly my favorite day of the week. Child in school, no work for me, free time or at least time to do things I need and want to do! But this Friday, oh boy, it is not a day I am looking for to at the moment. My director and I are participating in a "fair" at a local venue for moms of preschoolers. We will have a booth and for about three hours we will stand around and answer questions and hopefully entice some parents to place their children in our care for either Mother's Day Out or preschool next school year.
If you had told me I would have to work a trade show when I took this job, I might have turned it down. Seriously...I have worked my share of trade shows (I used to be a coordinator of trade shows for a medical company about a lifetime ago) in my day and they do not bring back too many fond memories for me. Sure, I got to travel, saw things and met people I probably never would have, but I worked a lot of long hours, had to put up with our company's sales force (made up of ...well, basically FRAT boys straight out of college) and all the trials and tribulations of life on the road and the details of the construction of our booth on site. It was a crazy time of life.
I am hoping this Friday turns out much better than the trade show days of my past. I am pretty certain the crowd will be different, soccer moms and preschoolers as opposed to John Wayne Bobbitt and his "entourage" or Bob Dole or countless doctors strolling the aisle. I am also hoping that I find another 100 hours in this week to help me create all the things I need to create in order for this booth of ours to look its very best.
My little brain and eyes are tired tonight. The fog of the day has settled in and I am off to get some much needed rest.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly
Monday, February 1, 2010
Feeling the Pressure...
I am feeling the pressure of a new post.
I am currently at a loss for what to write. I could write about what I have been up to since last Friday...but really, how exciting is 42 loads of laundry, two loads of dishes in the dishwasher, cleaning bathrooms, playing games and watching movies with a "coughing her head off" child, sleeping in her bed non -stop for a day because she didn't want me to leave her and finally coming out of it all early this morning to shower, dress and begin the work/school week with very little real rest behind us.
See, nothing exciting happened, no funny stories to tell, no five year old anecdotes to ponder and chuckle over, no drama, nothing! It was just a cold, wet weekend spent at home longing for the spring and summer and praying the groundhog sees or doesn't see his shadow (I never know what to be hoping for) tomorrow so that we are ensured of a swift end to this wintry madness.
And there it is, a blog post about nothing, just some way to fill up a few paragraphs and assuage my guilt over not posting a real post today.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly (is that better, Myra?)
I am currently at a loss for what to write. I could write about what I have been up to since last Friday...but really, how exciting is 42 loads of laundry, two loads of dishes in the dishwasher, cleaning bathrooms, playing games and watching movies with a "coughing her head off" child, sleeping in her bed non -stop for a day because she didn't want me to leave her and finally coming out of it all early this morning to shower, dress and begin the work/school week with very little real rest behind us.
See, nothing exciting happened, no funny stories to tell, no five year old anecdotes to ponder and chuckle over, no drama, nothing! It was just a cold, wet weekend spent at home longing for the spring and summer and praying the groundhog sees or doesn't see his shadow (I never know what to be hoping for) tomorrow so that we are ensured of a swift end to this wintry madness.
And there it is, a blog post about nothing, just some way to fill up a few paragraphs and assuage my guilt over not posting a real post today.
Living Happily in the Moment!
Beverly (is that better, Myra?)
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