This morning I stepped out on my deck and saw this. I loved the colors, the light, the way the sky was lit, but the earth was still dark. I took these pictures just seconds apart and was surprised how quickly the light changed. I had to keep slightly adjusting my settings...quickly. The quick changes was a good reminder to me about how quickly our lives change and that nothing is permanent. It is so easy, especially in hard times to think it will be that way forever, but then you look down for a second and things have changed. I remember when Abby was an infant and it felt like I would have sleepless nights forever. I felt like I would be changing diapers forever ..now she is just weeks away from being 10 and when I look at her I cannot believe she has changed so quickly and that I actually don't change diapers and I get a full night's sleep.
I loved the way the clouds were leaving in this image...the clouds always leave, just like in life. Things change, the cloudy days don't last forever.
Last night I came across this list I have been creating. I don't do resolutions, but I have goals and dreams. I am a huge believer in writing things down to make them happen. It's always a good reminder. This list grows as I have more hopes and shrinks as I cross things off my list. How lucky I am to be able to cross things off my dream list because I have completed them! Some of these are huge and nearly impossible goals and some are things I could probably accomplish tomorrow. Some are deep and heartfelt and some are shallow ( I am human after all). It is my list, it is my life. Like the clouds, it is always changing.
This is the un-edited version of my list:
1. Hold a baby chimp that wears a diaper
2. Go to Santorini Greece and ride a donkey
3. Travel up and down the coast of Italy
4. Participate in some sort of extreme race
5. Do a zip line in the jungle
6. Go to Hawaii
7. Sing and play guitar well enough to play in front of people
8. Sing and play guitar in front of people
9. Get hardwood floors
10. Raise chickens
11. Get a French bull dog or Boston terrier
12. Become proficient at shooting my gun
13. Create a photo family recipe book for each of my children
14. Learn tagolog fluently
15. Take my mom back to the Philippines
16. Learn to make pirogues
17. Speak fluent Spanish
18. Bring the kids to Alaska to see the northern lights
19. Pay off our debt
20. Get muscles like my body pump instructor
21. Make awesome memories for my kids
22. Go on more dates with josh
23. Run faster
24. Run longer
25. Become a good swimmer
26. Grow long Hollywood hair
27. Complete my big project to help kids with cancer
28. Be an example my children will be proud of
29. Be someone my children want to be around when they are adults
30. Live a life worth remembering
31. Spend more quality time with my kids
32. Sleep in a treehouse in the African Grasslands where an giraffe can stick his head in your window
33. Be a grandma
34. Visit the massai tribe
35. Compete in the Amazing Race
36. Change someone’s life for the better
37. Become better and better at photography
38. Lose all my inhibition and dance, laugh, and sing when I want to, no matter who is watching.
39. Go on a helicopter ride
40. make sure the people I love know how much I love them
41. create a beautiful and calm master bedroom
42. have a beautiful office space
43. learn how to decorate my space
44. visit more flea markets and antique shops
45. take time for me
46. grow my business
47. nurture my marriage
48. Own/lease a horse
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