Home is where your heart is. My house is small. There is one bathroom for 4 people. Sunshine's room is as big some people's closets. There is not enough room for our stuff. But, it's the family inside the house that makes it a home. It is ours. It is filled with love and laughter as well as it's share of tears. It's where my kids can come back to after school and feel safe and loved. It's a place my kids are proud to bring their friends, not because of the house, but because it's home.
Week 36: Your home
Home is where your heart is. My house is small. There is one bathroom for 4 people. Sunshine's room is as big some people's closets. There is not enough room for our stuff. But, it's the family inside the house that makes it a home. It is ours. It is filled with love and laughter as well as it's share of tears. It's where my kids can come back to after school and feel safe and loved. It's a place my kids are proud to bring their friends, not because of the house, but because it's home.
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Week 35: Your neighborhood
I am very fortunate to have great neighbors. The people across the street have become like family to us. Even our bad neighbors behind us have gotten better over the past year. Not only am I so very grateful for wonderful neighbors, but I also love that we are so close to the playground. We are able to walk and ride bikes to go play whenever we want. Our street is small enough that most of us all know, or at least recognize, each other. Though I wish we had more than one bathroom for four of us, I know we'd never get so lucky to have such awesome neighbors if we moved! Week 34: Things you like about fall
Fall is my favorite season. The only thing I don't like about fall is that the kids go back to school. Everything else, I love. Everything else, I embrace. I love the apple picking, the hiking, the pumpkin patches, the football games (even though I don't actually watch football), sweatshirts and jeans, jumping in leaves, bonfires, cool breezes, the colors and the smells. I love it all. Just thinking about fall makes me smile. If only we could have fall with no school, it would be perfect. Somewhere in the middle of the summer, I realized that Sunshine has always been my calm, even though she is far from that. I depended on her to keep my sanity when I could have possibly gone insane. I don't know how I'm going to make it through without her as my anchor. Without her here with me, I am completely alone. She's been my buddy for 6 years. We have done it all together. We shop. We get coffee. We watch girly TV shows. All of this is just gone now. Somewhere in the middle of summer, she realized this, too. Now she's struggling with wanting to go to school, but wanting to be home. She keeps telling me she wishes first grade was only half day because she wants to do things with me while her brother is "at school doing math". It's so hard to reassure her when I'm feeling broken about it as well.
I'm not ready for this stage of life. No, I'm not going to be bored, which is the question I constantly get. I'm going to be lonely. Unlike a lot of people I actually enjoy having my kids around, fighting and all. They are awesome human beings and I love being with them. I'm really not sure where this new chapter in our lives is going to lead, but I'm not ready for the journey. Week 33: Something you look forward to
I love summer vacation. Actually any time the kids are off school. With summer vacation quickly approaching, I'm looking forward to Labor Day weekend. When that's done, I'm looking forward to the next day off. I'm truly in the minority of people who can't wait of their kids to be off school. In the winter, I do snow day dances with the kids. Truth is, though, I'd rather my kids be here with me than anywhere else. Even when they are yelling at each other and driving me insane, at least they are with me. I'm fine with them going to camps in the summer and being away, but the stress of school gets to me. I am so grateful each year when summer vacation finally rolls around. I get my kids for 2 months. Not only that, but they still enjoy being home with me. They still enjoy doing things with their mom. Nothing beats that. I am on a mission to take back my happiness. I let my obstacles block my happiness. I forgot that, no matter how bad things are, there is also good, no matter how small. I joined the 100 Happy Days challenge. I didn't do this for anyone but myself. It makes me remember to look for the happiness, no matter how small. I'm on Day 25 and know what? I'm actually feeling better, especially when I go back and look at the pictures I've already taken. I smile. That's big because I spent the first half of the summer not smiling. It would be so easy to blame others for my state of unhappiness, but, in the end, it's always up to me to choose how I see life. I choose happiness. So, if you care to follow me on my journey, I'm posting my 100HappyDays on Instagram. I'm everydaymomohio. Here are some of the highlights from the past 25 days.
Week 32: A city you've visited
I will never be able to explain how grateful I am that I had the opportunity to go to Europe when I graduated college. It was literally a life changing experience. Cork, Ireland touched me the most. Cork is actually a fairly large city, yet, it feels like a small town. The pace is slower, calmer. People are genuinely friendly, not the fake friendly you find in Smalltown, USA. Cork is happy. Actually everywhere we went in Ireland was happy. People smile real smiles. People enjoy their time and don't try to rush through everything. Then there's the beauty. It's magical. It's hard to describe. Not only are the area surrounding the city and the parks breathtaking, but there is a magical quality to the buildings and streets as well. Though a city, it feels welcoming. When you walk into a store, you are greeted by real people with real smiles, not people who are getting paid minimum wage to "welcome" you. Proprietors talk to you as you are checking out and find out your story. The moment I stepped off the train in Cork, I felt at home. There is something there that calls to me. There is something that makes me yearn to be there. Someday, I will go back. Until then, though, I am ever so grateful I was able to visit. |
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