- I'm going to let go of feeling guilty about not having the money for school pictures. School pictures are never good anyway right? Well, rarely at least. I'm going to get the kids dressed up, in two weeks, and head out to a local park with my fancy-schmancy camera and let it earn it's place.
- I'm going to put on make-up.
- I'm going to straighten up one room in my house.
- I'm going to get 20 minutes of exercise. It's not enough, I know that, but it's something. For today, I think it's as much about my mental outlook as doing anything physically for myself.
- I'm not going to look at our budget again today. I'm going to just let go of it...until tomorrow morning. Stupid that I would need to coach myself to do this, but it is what it is.
- I'm going to remember to breathe. Just breathe.
- I'm going to concentrate on how very good things are right now. I have a son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandkids living two and a half minutes away!!! that I love very, very much. I have a daughter who is in her element at college, who's finally coming home in a little over a week. I have another son who is passionate about just about everything, who finds the joy in life. I have a little girl who turns 8 in a month and is so excited about everything that's going on in her life I think she's going to burst! I have a hubby that I love very much. That I'm lucky enough to weather all these times with--good and bad, at the end of the day I have someone to lay in bed with, to hold my hand, to simply be with. I have wonderful families I work for and steady work to help ease our family's troubles. I get to be home when my kiddos are home, to share their ups and their downs. I'm healthy and so are those I love....the list truly does go on and on. That's what I'm going to do my best to think about today.
I have 1 husband and 4 kids, 28, 20, 11 and 9...I'll be doing the mom thing forever, hence 4evermom.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Deep Breaths
Okay, here's what I'm going to do today, to make it a more positive day.
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Hey, I like those....you've inspired me to put on make-up and straighten one room, too (already walked or I'd do that too).
Breathing does wonders for worry-Dr. Andrew Weil says we all need to learn to breathe more deeply, slowly and regularly...and practice pushing ALLLLLLLL the air out of our lungs.
You can do it....one day (sometimes it's one minute) at a time!
Awesome post! I'm so proud of you! These times are the toughest...keep holding on! You're such a wonderful person, friend, mama, wife, grandma....
You are so blessed!!
This is awesome. Looking at the good in one's life when it is the hardest is wonderful for helping our perspective. Thanks for the reminder to do it. And I love the list of small, accomplishable goals, just for today. I'm going to use that idea next time I'm going through it.
I haven't had school pictures done since my kids were really little. It made me cringe to pay that much for a handful of pics of horrible poses. I always went to Walmart where for a few dollars I got more pictures than I knew what to do with and I could pick the pose. And I've even done your thought, just take my camera to a nice park and take my own school pictures.
It's always good to count your blessings - something I need to do ore of right now too.
Do you have the option to just buy the class group photo? We've done that before when money was tight, just because the children love to look back at how their classmates have changed over the years.
LOVE the attitude. Perspective changes everything!! Hope you had a good day :)
I'll tell you, putting on makeup gives me such a pep in my step. It's one of the 3 things I've promised myself to do every day.... that and putting on a dab of perfume, and putting on lipstick (or lipgloss). Taking an extra few minutes for me makes me feel good on the outside - and I know when I feel like I look good, I feel good on the inside.
It's the little things.
So glad things are looking bright for you - or at least you're MAKING them look bright. Right?
Good post. It is great to think of everything you are grateful for.
Good for you!
I should have read this before I wrote my comment on your last post. I listed a lot of the things you wrote in the last paragraph as SUCCESS. :)
Still saying prayers for you!
This is a good reminder for all of us to pause and take a deep breath every now and again. :-D
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