For the long weekend, we decided to roll up our sleeves and get some work done! I love the idea of painting, I even love the feeling when you're covering that old paint with new and how clean everything feels. I find the prep work extremely frustrating however.
So on this Memorial Day, I am humbled to remember how fragile life is, both for those we have lost and those we have yet to embrace into our lives. We thank our service men and women who have given so much for their country and for the families of those who serve and their sacrifice.
We have a robin's nest just outside our front door, literally two feet. We have had an amazing time watching first one, then two, then five eggs in the nest! Today, we woke up and we've got baby birds!! It's such a reminder of how delicate life is and how much we need to be thankful for.
I can feel it...the time is creeping up on us when suddenly we'll get the call that will quite literally change our lives. We are in that moment that we will later look back on and say "Why didn't we go on a vacation? or Why didn't we spend more time preparing?"
'Calm' is certainly not the most appropriate word here as what we are feeling is, in fact, anything other than calm. Anxiety, nervousness, excitement, fear...just to name a few.
Now, please excuse me while I try and calm my "calmness" with some chocolate. :)
Mother's day has been a difficult day for the past few years. I've always tried to stay upbeat and positive about days like this knowing that one day, I will get a homemade card and macaroni necklace too. We've used this day to celebrate the mother figures in our lives and how much we love them for being so wonderful to us. Unfortunately, for many waiting mamas-to-be, Mother's day can often serve as a reminder of what we don't yet have.
Today, while out for quick appetizers, a friend of ours wished me a happy 'future' mother's day. It was the sweetest thing and I immediately teared up. I hadn't really thought I counted for this holiday yet.
I'm working on building my relationships and connections with other adoptive families to work through some of these tough times and found some great articles!
Last night Tony and I had an extremely rare 'date night.' (Soon to be all but extinct with kiddos! :) We went to see G.I. Joe: Retaliation in theaters. Halfway through the movie I leaned over to Tony and asked him if he could think of any other time when two opposing characters (good and evil) are portrayed with good being dressed in black, and bad being dressed in white. He couldn't.
Traditionally, characters in comics, movies, etc... always have the 'good' guys dressed in white and the 'bad' guys dressed in black. Hmmm. It's pretty common in our culture to associate good with things that are light, clean, heroic and safe, and bad with things that are dark, dirty, evil, or unsafe. Ummm....The Dark Side?
Is it always the case? Not at all. Black is associated with elegance, finances "In The Black," and let us not forget the LBD (Little Black Dress), any girl's go-to!! However, do these trump the emotional upheaval this color psychology can have on our kids, my kids?
This issue is so deep, I can't even begin to touch it, nor am I qualified. Watching the movie with Tony just put some thoughts into my head about how/when we will have to address this and what can we do to ensure that our child(ren) will develop strong sense of self and inner beauty to combat these subconscious thoughts?
We have a robin's nest just outside our front door, literally two feet. We have had an amazing time watching first one, then two, then five eggs in the nest! Today, we woke up and we've got baby birds!! It's such a reminder of how delicate life is and how much we need to be thankful for. 
