Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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...

Official International Mud Day 2011 Logo


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?

Friday, June 17, 2016

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