heb

my creative and wonderfully wonderful sis...



...has her birth story featured here on a lovely little blog, the Southern Institute for Domestic Arts.

inspire

if only for a millisecond, i peak the interest of someone,
if only for one moment, i inspire someone,
if only even just one person, ever-
it's worth it.

and on another note, my camera broke.
i had been longing for a new one....but I never intended for that longing to leave me with a current unusable one...anyone want to buy me a really great gift?

a long shower

so earlier today before a hike, instead of the planned just throwing on some clothes and going, i decided last minute to take a quick shower. Well, it ended up that no one (mainly under the age of 4.5) was trying to get my attention, as is usually the case- so the "quick" shower turned into a very long shower. It turned out to be some amazing alone time; I was struck by thoughts that were brewing through my head, and more struck that the thoughts were complete thoughts. As I finally finished the shower, I felt as if I just had a spa experience, took a nap, or had an revelationary (is that a word?) meditation session. I do recognize that being a mostly full time mom that spends nearly 24/7 with a 4 and 2 year old, I am a bit preoccupied in toddler world- but I hadn't fully recognized how incomplete my thought process was, how interrupted my focus and mind workings were. When I completed the shower and had lists of thoughts I had to write down- I was somewhat baffled by it all. Complete thoughts are a whole different world that I have forgotten about. It was nice to have some.

the playroom

tree painting (copied from a project in an old issue of readymade), above fairy house, the girls' little nature corner.. which houses their nature collections, felted acorns, and whatever else makes it in...stars hanging in the doorframe...yarn web hanging in the crayon-adorned window...those crayons also decorated their generously gifted dollhouse with layna's lollipops.