Sunday Essay

I woke up this morning thinking about how blessed I am. I have it all. What's all you ask? All is waking up thinking about your blessings!

My husband, Chuck, is away for a week. He's on a scuba diving trip with two of our three sons. I'm actually glad my third son stayed home. He's only a few minutes away and it's nice to have him in town. It's also nice to know that my boys want to be with their father. How many grown men have relationships like that? Those kinds of relationships grow from love that sprouted from seeds. Some seeds grow faster than others. With patience they all bloom.

The sun had barely peeked through the clouds this morning and I wondered what woke me up. Then I smiled. Next to me in my bed, snoring softly, was my five-year-old grandson. He was sleeping with me because my granddaughter was in the only other bedroom (that hasn't been turned into an office) with her friend Lindsey.

My house is full of happiness. It's full of love and activity. That's the way I like it. I don't care much about the furniture or the decorations anymore. They're not important to me. I don't even mind a messy house. I can remember when I was younger I used to go into a frenzy at the thought of someone dropping by when the house wasn't picked up. What was I thinking?

There are better things to obsess about than a mess. I'm not perfect. I DO obsess. Now it's about my animals. I check and double check locked gates. But that's another story for another time.

I realized this morning that I celebrate almost everything I do. What a gift that is. I feel like I'm on vacation everytime I go to the barn and ride my horse. I feel like it's a party when my granddughter rides with me. I ride dressage. My granddaughter, Alexa, did ride English. Now the girl has gone western. She's into barrel racing and I had nothing to do with that...except maybe offer her a quarter horse!

The kids are going to be with me all day. After church, we're going to do horse stuff. After that my daughter-in-law and I are going to Christian's (grandson) soccer game together. I'll kill two birds with one stone. I'll take my dogs with me and walk them in the park. They'll be thrilled. Yet another celebration!

I've been accused of being a Pollyanna and maybe I am. I do hit bumps in the road sometimes, but mostly one of life's opportuities distracts me and I'm okay again.My back hurts. I wish I could lose weight. I'm sure I have arthritis and frankly I'm getting older. I wish our house was paid off and are bills were all gone, but you know what? I'm ready to celebrate with every breath I take.

My house is full of clutter, noise, and laughter. I'm a happy camper! The only thing missing is Chuck and he'll be home soon.

A Matter of Perspective

It's all how we look at things really. Take for example, the word colorful. It can be used in many different ways and for lots of different reasons. If someone told me that I was colorful, I might take it as a compliment or I might take it as an insult. It boils down to our personal views.

With that being said, let's have some fun with a word that can be personally attached to an opinion or a feeling about something or someone that you know in your heart. Along the same lines as colorful, let's try the word alluring. What in your life as been alluring? Was it something good or bad. Did that alluring thing bring you grief or happiness? Maybe it brought you excitement. Can one word really do all that? YES!!!!

Write one sentence (or more) and include the word alluring. Feel free to take artistic license and stretch the truth a bit if you want!

Writing Prompt!

My brain is fried tonight. I'm sure it will be better by Wednesday or Thursday! While my brain is resting it's cells, let's just play around with a writing prompt. Of course my current situation (can't think, brain dumb, inspiration won't come) pointed me in the right direction. Thank goodness!

Here's the prompt:

Try as I might, it was impossible for me to...

Happy Easter!

I've only made one mistake today that I'm aware of...I put the writing activity for this blog on my animal blog. I decided to just leave the activity there because all bloggers are writers!

Now I'm wondering if I'm the only one who has made an obvious mistake today. I think I'm rushing too much. How about you? Have you made any mistakes today? What's the biggest mistake you have ever made?

I don't usually stress out about my mistakes and I try to learn from them. Sometimes mistakes are a blessing in disguise!

Here's one of the things that I have learned:

Always make sure that the toilet paper isn't trailing out of the back of your pants when you leave a public restroom.

YOUR TURN!

ALWAYS: