"How Sweet The Sound" ~ Citizen Way

When there are no words....there's always music.

Names That I Cherish...

Since we moved last fall, I've done very little decorating, as I wasn't sure if we would be able to stay in this house. It has felt like just a house we were living in & not a home.

 

I've spent a lot of time this past week looking thru years of pictures for the ones I want to print to fill up frames as I begin to add the personal touches that make a house a "home". I've shed many tears as I've gone thru them & thought about the many "names" we adopt as we go through life....and how those names can change despite the best laid plans & efforts. 

 

"Thankful" & "blessed" don't even begin to cover how I feel about three "names" that apply to me that I can never lose & can never be taken away ~~ "Ashlyn's Mom", "Jacob's Mom", & "Robert's Mom". Those names are here to stay. 

 

 

Running Shoes Are Made For Dancing....

I just got back from a walk/jog.....and stopped walking/jogging where the road meets the drive that leads to my house and with it being a long, private & isolated drive....with no one in sight....I proceeded to totally rock out & dance like no one was watching to Superchick & Carrie Underwood all the way.

 Until I reached the corner where I take a turn or head into the woods. It was then something caught my eye and I turned around. Behind me was a truck with 2 work men in it, laughing & grinning from ear to ear. Welcome to the comedy act that is my life....

 

It's a good thing I know how to laugh at myself :: A sense of humor is critical at times like this ;)

Sweet Talker....

Never underestimate the therapeutic qualities of blue skies & sunshine outside your windows, good music that feeds your soul, impromptu dance parties to alleviate stress, & random, unexpected bear hugs from your son delivered with these kind of words:

 

J: "Mom, I love you"

Me: "What did I do to deserve that"??

J, with a smile: "It's just for being YOU". ♥

After days of feeling I'm doing everything wrong in every way possible.....maybe I'm doing just a little something right after all.

 

 

 

Keep it up, my boy.....and you'll go far ;)

 



 

Follow Jill's board I'll Love Them Forever, I'll Like Them For Always..... on Pinterest.

May I Always Make An Altar....

....and give thanks.  No matter what.  Or who.  Or when, or where, or why.

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"Broken Hallelujah" ~ The Afters

Sometimes just the right song comes on at just the right time.....like when you're sitting in your vehicle waiting on your young-un, feeling exhausted & numb from a really hard afternoon, following a really hard weekend, following a really hard week...... :'(

Stampede...

Just a little tidbit, from another day in the life....

 

 

 

We were shopping for Spring Formal attire for my girl......STAMPEDE in the ladies dressing room due to a giant roach attack!!  Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks they're satanic!!! Wiping tears from laughing so hard.....and the award for killing it goes to none other than Ashlyn!! From behind a closed dressing room door, I hear...

 

"Ummmm, hey Mom. I killed the roach.....(insert giggle), it almost got on me"!

 

Yes. I was part of the stampede that ran squealing in the other direction and left her to be the hero. I mean....it was a GIANT ROACH, for crying out loud !!!

 

Don't judge. ;)

Just A Li'l Encouragement....

.....cuz we all need it sometimes... ;)

 



"Worn" ~ Tenth Avenue North