Memoirs of a Moorings

Self Love...

..is a beautiful thing.

 

Two Thoughts.....

I can't get out of my head.

"The Creator is enthralled with your beauty."

and

"God, let me see what you see in me."

Thoughts from the series "Beautiful........for women and the men who love them." I discovered Perry Noble pastor of a South Carolina-based church a few weeks ago. Love his honest approach to the scriptures. How he makes it plain. Breaks it down into practical terms. And how he incorporates video into his teaching.

If you have time.......check out the video or podcast.

I feel more beautiful already!

Living In the Moment.

I work in the 'hood.........and I'm finding that there are some things that can be generalized across the board. Like......

- there will always be somebody selling something on the corner
- it's very likely there will be somebody approaching you for change at a stop light or the gas station
- there are no driving rules on the road such as giving someone the right of way or stopping at stop signs
- and there will always be a mom chatting away on a cell phone while a little one is sitting by.

That one really saddens me. In the past couple of weeks, I've seen what looks like moms with small kids under the age of five talking on cell phones when they could have the opportunity to connect with their kids. Two little girls were outside playing--one on a bike another with a toy baby in a stroller and the mom was paying them no attention even as one child was desperately trying to get her attention.

Why? Couldn't she take a few moments to get on the child's level, look her in the eye and simply listen to her? Another mother was at the bus stop while her child just sat there staring blankly into space. She was chatting and laughing on her cell phone. No interaction. No connection. What could have been a teachable moment, was lost. I don't understand it.

I'll admit that have been times when I'm at home on the phone and Rhyan is tugging on  me, wanting my attention and I'm learning to give the boys their time and use bedtime for my social catching up time. I don't want my little one's tugging on me to end. Because I know that if I don't take the time to look them in the eye and listen to them, they will look elsewhere for the attention they so desperately long for.

I love this article on Mindful Parenting. It's a reminder that children live in the moment. Let us give them wonderful moments to remember.

10 Months and Counting......

Ten months snuck up on me and passed me by. This sweet little baby with the big personality celebrated 10  months on October 12. He is so much fun I can't even stand it! Still NOT crawling, but that's okay, less work for this momma. But he is moving around quite nicely with a little creepy crawly move he has going on. Here's what he's up to these days:

:: laughs out loud at The Upside Down Show
:: claps when you sing or dance
:: adores yogurt
:: ...frozen yogurt too
:: says hi...and waves hello and goodbye.
:: hasn't met a food he doesn't like
:: says momma and knows exactly when to use it!
:: loves looking at himself in the mirror........

and who wouldn't with this face! Such joy with two! What amazes me though is how quickly baby number two is growing up. I don't remember things moving so fast last time around. But you better believer I'm savoring every sweet moment.

Love Fest

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

This picture--even with all its fuzziness and imperfections--makes me all kinds of happy. What you see here is how these two are all of the time. Big brother loves this baby and baby brother adores the sight of his big brother. Eyes light up when he enters the room and he erupts with giggles at the smallest silly thing that his big brother does.

May they always have this love. May the passage of years never break it. This is my prayer.

*Matching t-shirts that say My Daddy Is A Stud Too courtesy of T.arget's clearance rack.

On the Move

"Children reinvent your world for you." ~Susan Sarandon

I know...I know....I'm turning into a mommy blogger. All babies all the time. I blog about what I know. What can I say?

Somebody is on the move. And this is where he ended up.

 

Written Treasures

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” ~Oscar Wilde

The garage got cleaned up and sorted about two weeks ago. Not by me of course. But I was on hand to oversee that none of my treasures got mixed up in the trash--which constitutes about 90% of the stuff in the garage. Sad.

Anyway, among the treasures was every single journal I've kept since high school. I wanted to sit down and read every one from start to finish.......but then that would be like reliving your whole life again and who wants to do that. I did manage to flip through a few of the sunshiney years. Boy, funny stuff to look back at your younger self. I wish my today self could tell that younger self to lighten up, stop being so scared, take some risks, jump off the cliff and grow your wings on the way down! Hopefully, I won't be reliving any of those recurring themes in my future years.

I love the idea of everyone having a story to tell........I'm just not sure I want everyone reading mine. I recently ran across a blog new to me called Write In My Journal that believes the same thing. This guy gets people he comes across in every day life to write in a journal. He posts the entries. My only complaint is that the guy doesn't post enough!