Mud Love 2016

It makes no sense...

for me to wake 3 hours early

feeling

this excited

this anxious

this nervous

simply because it is

International Mud Day!

Hair wrapped and ready to go...

And we've planned for weeks in anticipation of the fun

we hope our kids will experience today...

Mud Painting, Mud Pools, Mud Pies

and last week as we

planned

purchased

prepared

for this day

I realized the reason we get excited about this

is because it gives us adults a chance

(if only for one day)

to return

back to our childhood

back to our origin

back to the dirt

from which we were formed...

How do you celebrate International Mud Day?

Five Minute Friday- How to Win... and Never Lose

I have a picture with

my son...

playing in a basketball game

my daughter...

cheering in the game

my hubby...

recording the game

and perhaps what I love most

is that I was able to capture

this moment with the three of them

showing how we each

operate

function

work together

(and separately)

showing how

that although we are

a unit

a team

a unified force

we function independently

each with varying roles

because...

sometimes we're in the game

sometimes we coach the game

and sometimes we stand along side and cheer

But life has a way of...

distracting us

pulling us aside

drawing us out of character

(and forcing Game 7)

so we must each remember

who we are

whose we are

and our purpose

in the game

because it is then and only then when we will win...

and never lose