Having Experiences are Worth More than Having STUFF

If I can instill ONE thing into my children that rages so strongly inside of me….. It would be this….

Do not collect STUFF (or collect it but don’t hold it as high importance)

But rather..
GO
SEE
DO
FIND
EXPLORE
RESEARCH
TRY and FAIL
ASK QUESTIONS
and KEEP SEARCHING

Make sure you collect EXPERIENCES

(The kind of experiences you can transform into out of this world stories you can tell over a camp fire)

Another one of my favorite quotes that I try to live by and set an example by….

Says SO MUCH in so few words… and I love it….

Have Less
Do More

Travel = Joy

 

THIS makes me exuberant.  I had to share.  🙂  Happy Travels !!!!!

 

 

 

Everything else seems to fade away when you see and experience the sheer wonder of what this world has to offer ……

 

(just makes me over sad how SO MANY PEOPLE have no clue or don’t respect the vast beauty of what’s right in front of them)

 

Stay +

 

😀

Let’s GO

I’m getting ANTSY. Excited. Nervous. READY…

READY
SET
GO

Anywhere……

Really?! Only my Oldest… LOL

Sometimes we get MORE than silly. Foolish. Hilarious. Happiness abounds every inch of my body.
Days like this has to be one of those times… 🙂

We were watching Tangled together… Family fun night.Movie Night..crazy.fun. happy.Long story short..This mama got all sorts of emotional when the princess found her mom and dad together and I started to cry. Happy tears.  The daughter has a similar emotional status and also cried a couple tears… 🙂 🙂

But my oldest… (mentioned how it is a “happy ending movie”  then he quickly says “mom.. you have not looked my belly button in a long time.. maybe you should check it out, there’s yucky stuff inside it”) His odd.  Random. soooooo  out of place personality… is PERFECT. Can I just say I started laughing and smiled and was very grateful for the moment. He’s different. Thinking about the box. No but seriously he is a special kind of wonderful…..  And I can’t wait to see what he does with his life… 🙂

THEN he comes over and says “I love happy endings to movies Mom, don’t you?” Disconnect Much?!

Then he kicks aside all the toys and starts dancing to the theme song at the end of the movie….(MIND YOU… when I say he starts dancing — it is not “dancing” —- but rather a THRASHING and FLAILING of arms/legs/head bobbing while hopping and twirling and falling……..   —–  The said daughter joins in after wiping tears away…. she dances with grace and agility while closing her eyes to the music and singing the song quietly to herself….. twirling in her mind… her own princess world. These are the moments I live for. How blessed I am to have them in my life and for them help remind me what the important things are 🙂

p.s. the youngest was curled up on my lap heating me with his body heat… curls flopped into his face and arm around my waist.  CAN IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?!  *happy* *Less – is – more*

 

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