My Goal –

Found this good one while scrolling Facebook…
I have to share it.

It’s just… Perfectly stated.

I could see for miles……

such a calming. good. song. peaceful. joyful. I’ll take it.

Blessed are those who find JOY in the journey

We Made It — To New York

We’re here….. We’re adjusting…

We’re making do…. We’re seeing old faces and familiar places….

We’re sweating in the humidity!!!

There’s a LOT going on….
and now that I’ve looked back… I’ve taken over 20,000 pictures and have completely neglected “updating” my blog along the entire trip….

I will have to go back through and slowly post pictures along with awesome stories of the incredible adventure/opportunity that we had this summer.

Being back in NY brings back more challenges that are beyond what I could have even imagined….. complicated situations that need a lot of breathing space…. and patience….

I make no promises to catch up and update …. at least not for a few weeks or so because I have to conquer so many other things and arrange life in order to get my children in a routine and keep them healthy as well ad adjusted and assure them that things will be okay….

BAH.

I love life.
I love these kids.
I love the adventure we had.
We’re still on the adventure and I’m blessed.

Take It Easy – Passing through Winslow Arizona…

I am forever grateful.

to my mother.

for the music influence.

she showed me.

 

When I drove through Winslow Arizona one year ago….. it was a MOMENT.  A moment to be had.  And I had it…..   FULL with tears and singing at the top of my lungs no less… 🙂  You’re jealous, I know.

CRAZY how life has taught me so much in the past year.

One whole year. 365 days.

Countless encounters/experiences/challenges/accomplishments.

🙂

Where will be in 1 year from now?!

 

Born To Be Wild – We Are

How wonderful is it really?

To have this opportunity?

 

To have this TIME.

 

To experience the sheer wonder of it all…..

 

Who Doesn’t Want a Little More John Holt in their Lives?

What Will We Accomplish Today!?

When I get the kids up some days… I ask them this….

— What are we going to accomplish today? What are we going to get done (together…. as a team)?

Some days my list of “To-Do” — is as simple as #1 – Relax, Breathe, Be Grateful, Laugh

I’m hoping that when they face adversity they can look at it and consider it something positive that has been laid in front of them. Trusting that it will all work out (whatever it may be) and continue to do the right thing (whatever that may be) at the time….

We do a lot of “HAPPY THOUGHTS” here….
We do a lot of praise.
We do a lot of “I’m sorry because I did _______ and Will you forgive me?”

I’m hoping when life knocks them down… they can get back up with a smile on their face and determination in their hearts/souls and keep on trucking with the best during the worst….

I think your attitude has a lot to do with what happens to you in your life.
If you are thrown a whole bunch of horrible things one after another and think woe is me…. then chances are likely you will not see the light that can come out of that experience…
If you look at it as a new challenge or learning opportunity then even in the worst of times you can power through to another day.

Travelling with kids. Travelling at all… Trying something new… Not having a clue about the future…. Putting everything on the line…. hoping for the best…..

No job lined up. No place to live figured out. No real PLAN for the future.. BAHAHAHAAA It’s Hilariously SCARY!

Some may say I’m crazy. I think I just put my trust in something and think no matter what everything will turn out okay in the end (or so I hope).

I know I have today though… and I know today counts… today is what matters.. and the next few weeks… the mornings… that turn into afternoons… which will inevitably become evenings leading into nights…. The sun will rise tomorrow… and to that I am grateful. Today is awesome. I just hope tomorrow is too!

I hope my children can take away some sort of road schooling education from this trip… something worth more than what textbooks can offer them…. A year ago they didn’t know desert, mountains, jet skis, pontoons, boathouses, etc…. But now…. They’ve seen the desert… They KNOW different animals, weather patterns, culture, plants like a cactus (And the girly girl knows it all too well as she had a needle in her rump a few months ago after leaning a little too close to a pretty one)…

They are so young still.. but I hope they learn how to speak their mind.. hope they learn how to face adversity as well as RESPECTFULLY face the education system (educators/administrators) that they are a part of….. I do not know how to INSTILL a desire to learn in them… TO INSTILL the mentality to readily use and take what you can from teachers, mentors, people at the market, or whoever you can (knowledge is so limitless)… Time. Time. Time….

********************* What will YOU accomplish today ?! **************************

Forgive. Every. Single. Day.

When I say I forgive…
I mean….
I FORGIVE.
Literally
100%
Every Single Day.

It is hard… it is not easy… it is a struggle some days more than others because the HURT is there pushing its ugly face in my direction… but I acknowledge the hurt… accept it… and let it go.

Forgiveness is the greatest thing I can give MYSELF.
And I continue to make that choice.. EVERY DAY.
Some days are easier than others. Some days I see the HURT in my own children and the forgiveness pushes back and there is spite.. there is WHY?!!!! … there is BUT IT’s NOT FAIR… there is BUT it DOESN’T MAKE SENSE….

However…. Through all the struggles.. (daily) — I am given the freedom to make the choice… AND I DO. And I am relieved every time I do — TO FORGIVE… to let go…. to breathe.. and to move on….

Have a blessed day. I know I will. 🙂

Who out there (I wonder) would join me in forgiving others as they have wronged you?)
Who out there can see past the spite.. past the vindictive tendencies we have inside…
and just LET IT GO !?!?

Can you imagine where your life will be… 5 years from now?

(that’s the magic time line… 5 years…. 5 years from now…. WHERE will you be and WHAT will you be doing?!)

Will you make a difference in 5 years? Will you try?

~ Cheers — good day — 🙂

Spotify. Yes. Please.

Without spotify I would go insane.  Seriously. True statement.   When I put it on “shuffle” and it has well over 10,000 songs of wonderful sounds to my ears.  I have EVERY type of music in there (almost)…..   and I just have to skip if I don’t want that exact song right now.

 

 

It’s so much better than Pandora because it has ONLY the songs that I myself have picked.  I have a story to go with each song on there.   THE SONGS bring me back to a place in my mind/heart that usually makes me dance a little dance… and smile a happy smile….

We need to dance.

The kids and I.

Dancing is critical to our survival.  To our sanity (or just my own sanity) —

It gets “OUT” their extra energy very quickly with a dance session… and it eases all stress if there’s something happening that is a tad bit not enjoyable…

Oh yes, music.  Thank you for always helping….

When there is no internet connection and all I have is the radio… I get quite sad.  I love the radio but I’m done with it.    I live in a world of spotify.  I love it.  *Sigh*  Thank you Spotify for being so AWESOME.

 

The most difficult part of travel is not having GOOD music when we want good music….  Spotify rectifies that for me but only if I can get us near WiFi 🙂 😀

Here’s a throw back Thursday for the blogging world…. —  Back at the duplex in Lake Havasu City… we were having a dance party to “I hope you dance” — and it makes my heart happy just to see this and recall that day. 😀

 

*Blessed*

 

The best day of my life..

They played this at the school.

ALL THE TIME.  Graduation type song.   Video is insane.  Words are good though.

TODAY is the best day —  It’s all we’ve got…  😀

 

 

 

Clap along —-

Because I’m HAPPY

 

 

FEEL GOOD TODAY!