project 52: 1

Oh normal day, let me be aware of the treasure that you are.  Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart.  Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.  Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.  One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.  

 Mary Jean Tron

"it's our choices, harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
-- dumbledore or j.k. rowling 

"and though she be but little, she is fierce"

- shakespeare.

i love this quote so much i'm framing it in her room.  

"the less you care, the happier you will be." 

"the way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice."

- peggy o'mara.

"if your dog doesn't like somebody

maybe you shouldn't either."

"no one falls in love by choice, it's by chance.  

no one stays in love by chance, it's by work.  

and no one falls out of love by chance, it's by choice."

you there charlie?  love you. 

"to be kind is more important than to be right.

many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks

but a special heart that listens."

"now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

-guillaume apollinaire.

"all great changes are proceeded by chaos."

let's hope may turns out to be less chaotic than i'm anticipating & that the change is definitely worth it!

"children are made readers on the laps of their parents."

-anonymous. 

well, maybe.  my sister was read to all the time and she's not a huge fan of reading.  but i doubt it can hurt.

i think it's working.

family.

"being a family means you are a part of something wonderful.

it means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.
no matter what."

"life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful."
- annette funicello.

and i have to be honest, life with the people i love is pretty darn wonderful.

"comparison is the thief of joy."

-- theodore roosevelt. 

good one, teddy.  

sometimes i just need to stop and remember that i've got it pretty good.

"children will not remember you for the material things you provided 

but for the feeling that you cherished them."  

-- richard evans.

despite everything that's been going on in our lives lately (it's definitely been a little chaotic around here) this little one has made me stop every day and appreciate everything that i have right now.  

there's nothing quite like a baby to make you stop and live in the moment.  

"cleaning and scrubbing can wait 'till tomorrow,

for babies grow up,

we've learned to our sorrow.

so settle down cobwebs.

dust go to sleep.

i'm rocking my baby,

and babies dont' keep."  

"peace.  it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hardwork.  it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."

"it makes me happy to know none of us get a how-to guide. we're all just kind of winging it."
-post secret.

"some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses."

- elizabeth taylor.

ps. i baked another caramel pie last night and this time it came out. gotta use the eagle brand.

"... love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together."

- emily giffin.