i can smell it coming….christmas.
yup…it’s coming.
and although i didn’t get what i wanted today for her christmas picture….
(call me crazy but i didn’t exactly envision the addition of a butt-naked baby for this year’s pic…and i couldn’t peel it away from her without a few tears)
we had a lot of fun playing…
oh, taking pictures of toddlers is not easy! she moves like lightning these days.
…and in other thoughts…
the balls i’ve managed to juggle for so long–that whole wife, mom, friend, housekeeper, etc. thing? yeah, they’re all falling everywhere…rolling into lost corners, knocking everything down on the way. my mind is just a rolling pile of crazy balls today, and i mean that in more ways than one. and, although on the verge of tears and reminding myself that negativity gets you nowhere, i can honestly say i feel so much better when i come into the little blog world and write. it forces me to take the bird’s eye view, fly above it all and see that life really, really is…beautiful.
i spent an hour the other night looking at old posts…looking back at when i started this thing.
and i cried, laughed and thanked everything that is holy that we are blessed. and enjoyingthesmallthings.blogspot.com reminds me of that every day.
so there. no more venting. positivity powers activated.
after the last one is asleep tonight, i will roam the dark halls, looking for the lost balls.
i will hoist them back into the air with a smile.
and i will juggle.
i will juggle them well.
tomorrow is a new day.
…enjoying the this-too-shall-pass things. ~k
funny to me that after all these years…and miles…i still feel so connected to you! i posted on my blog tonight and then came here…i feel your pain!!! thank god for new days!!! remember when you walked into the admissions office and they told me to give you a tour??? I LOVE that day!!!
oh, elissa…tears! i miss you! so true…it’s been years, and yet what a connection. i love that day too. if only you knew how homesick i was that day…and you made everything better from that day on! xoxo
as far as I can tell . . . your balls are always being juggled flawlessly . . . and quite creatively too . . . i might add . . . in fact, if you have any pointers . . . i’m all ears!! 🙂
My balls are all over the place too! Mine have extra bouncy strength and I live in a 2 story house – imagine that scene!! I’m getting pegged left and right! (grabbing ice pack)
I’ve never met a better juggler than you!!
xoxo
Frankly, the whole “ball juggling” discussion among you lovely ladies is…well…disturbing. Sometimes, the big picture carries us away from the tiny things that would disturb us…sometimes, we need to just focus on sone beautiful little things, to protect us from the larger worries. Yes, this too shall pass.
Borrow Lainey’s puppy blanket and just hold it tight until the morning comes.
i feel you kell. i get it. (not sure what song is playing, but i feel like i am in church about to get married…LOVE whatever song it is)
ditto on what kell said, you are the best juggler i know too.
just remember that when all your balls are flying all over the house, mine, went flying a few years ago and i have yet to find them;)life is beautiful, more so with that song playing…going to find it:)
love you.
CELTIC WOMAN…BEAUTIFUL!
Pics and New Header ROCK!!!!
psst. i got excited at the christmas decorations at…CVS!!! HAHA. i don’t care where i see em’…christmas will be here soon!!!!!!!!!
don’t forget..like a few posts ago, love is really all that matters. Let the balls fall and roll into the corners and get dusty…
I had this thought last night that my children will never ever say, “Oh yeah, my mom always had dinner ready at 6, with two different color vegetables and a fruit,”…I can say that about my mom…they will say, “oh yeah, we had to SCROUNGE.” Pitiful. But, I sort of think they’ll be okay.
LOVE the black and white chair!!! That first picture with her standing in the chair is AWESOME!!
yay for christmas! yay for lightening quick toddlers! yay for a new day tomorrow!
ps. i want my christmas card to have LL clutching a naked baby on it. it’s just SO toddler. i think it shows her personality. silly, spunky, fun, and creative. i embrace the humorous. I LOVE that pic.
You are not negative but honest and honest is good! And you always juggle your balls so well. We all feel that way at times and that is OK! It is ok to be sad and overwhelmed. But what is important that it passes and you focus on the beauty of what you have and life! xoxoxo
When the balls are rolling know that you can reach out I am always here and I love you. You helped me tremendously when my balls were falling a couple of weeks ago.
if you didn’t have those little flashes of negativity and balls flailing…
i would wonder if you were real.
i feel like that often too.
i’ve been away from blogland for a while, getting beat up from all my balls flying around! upon my return, i was SO happy to see this post!
with the holidays right around the corner, it’s all about what we have to be thankful for!
as always, your pictures are … delicious