acknowledging the blessings
When you write a blog about breaking things you become more keenly aware of the blessings. I have many on this Friday...
That I have amazing friends who support me with amazing friendship, trust and laughter. I have scattered these friends far and wide and yet at random moments I can get a text, a message, a postcard and know we are "good"... and I can feel that love and support from them. I have added some new friends and I open myself up to allowing them into my wonderful and wild life. And that these same friends will add some of my drama to their own just to help when I need it. That is a big deal.
That I have managed to grow into doing somethings I absolutely love doing. First being a mom... I am so fortunate and lucky to just be the mom. To have the flexiblity to go to the school and volunteer (or not), to eat lunch with my child, pick him up, take him to after school things or stay home. I am lucky to want to and luckier to be able to. Even when our days are challenging at best, he is the best part of me.
I am so fortunate to have a studio and to be encouraged by my husband to do what makes me happy. That I love the clay and want to do it, learn about it, be better at it. I found the "thing" and I get to do it. And I am finding support and encouragement in doing it. This is a very exciting time! I have a tiny job that allows me interactions with amazing adults in a supportive environment. That these things allow me to still be the mom I imagine to be.
In the face of a blog where I detail how I have busted or broken so many things, to be able to be thankful for the things is equally important... so tonight when I find neighbors and friends and strangers to be kind and present... it is empowering and gives me my faith in good people back. We are a broken society in many ways but to find people supporting one another... well it is good.
That I have amazing friends who support me with amazing friendship, trust and laughter. I have scattered these friends far and wide and yet at random moments I can get a text, a message, a postcard and know we are "good"... and I can feel that love and support from them. I have added some new friends and I open myself up to allowing them into my wonderful and wild life. And that these same friends will add some of my drama to their own just to help when I need it. That is a big deal.
That I have managed to grow into doing somethings I absolutely love doing. First being a mom... I am so fortunate and lucky to just be the mom. To have the flexiblity to go to the school and volunteer (or not), to eat lunch with my child, pick him up, take him to after school things or stay home. I am lucky to want to and luckier to be able to. Even when our days are challenging at best, he is the best part of me.
I am so fortunate to have a studio and to be encouraged by my husband to do what makes me happy. That I love the clay and want to do it, learn about it, be better at it. I found the "thing" and I get to do it. And I am finding support and encouragement in doing it. This is a very exciting time! I have a tiny job that allows me interactions with amazing adults in a supportive environment. That these things allow me to still be the mom I imagine to be.
In the face of a blog where I detail how I have busted or broken so many things, to be able to be thankful for the things is equally important... so tonight when I find neighbors and friends and strangers to be kind and present... it is empowering and gives me my faith in good people back. We are a broken society in many ways but to find people supporting one another... well it is good.
Very well put! Having support of friends new and old (and REALLY old...) is amazing, as is finding our passion and being there for our families. It can be easy to get discouraged with all the crap in the world, I'm glad to be around people, even if only online that can still see the amazing blessings this world can offer!
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