Thursday, January 29, 2009

Long day!




What I looked like I'm sure when I got home last nite. I worked all day yesterday, went straight from work to a parent teacher meeting, and then to another meeting to scrapbook for our sorority. I finally walked through the front door of my casa at 9:30. It was a good day, just long and I was exhausted at the end!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

To Let Go

Someone recently sent me this:

Letting Go

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring
it means, I can't do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to cut myself off
it's the realization, I can't control another.

To "let go" is not to enable
but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness
which means means the outcome is not in my hands.

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another
it's to make the most of myself.

To "let go" is not to "care for"
but to "care about."

To "let go" is not to 'fix'
but to be supportive.

To "let go" is not to judge
but to allow another to be a human being.

To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes
but to allow others to affect their destinies.

To "let go" is not to be protective
it's to permit another to face reality.

To "let go" is not to deny
but to accept.

To "let go" is not to nage, scold or argue
but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires
but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.

To "let go" is not to criticize and regulate anybody.
but to try to become what I dream I can be.

To "let go" is not to regret the past
but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is to fear less
and to love more."


HOPE

Thursday, January 22, 2009

January almost gone

Hard to believe we are almost through January already. Wow. Between work and just the busyness of life, time is flying by. We have alot of things coming up for us.. My daughter is having surgery in 2 weeks. We have a 2 week family vacation to Southern California in March we are gearing up for as well.

This last week I spoke to a big group of women (sorority sisters) at a potluck on my disaster response trip. As I prepared for it, and looked through all of my pictures and video clips again, I was flooded by all the emotions. I smiled, laughed, cried, sat in disbelief as I put together my powerpoint slide and figured out which stories to share, which ones not too. At the end of the night I had $200 in checks written out to Haiti Foundation of Hope. It's doesn't get better than that. I didn't ask for anything. I only wanted to share our story. And the fact I got to share it with a great group of women and sisters made it even better.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Kylie-ism.

Mom, you look better than you usually do at this time of the morning." (I suppose I could take this any number of ways... I'm choosing to take it as a compliment. :)

Monday, January 19, 2009

The Middle Place

Ok, so the youtube video I posted below is Kelly Corrigan, who read an excerpt from her book The Middle Place. I just read this book in the last 2 days and I'm getting ready to read it again. I would recommend it to anyone. In fact I've already given a couple friends I know copies of the book as I know they will enjoy it as much as I am.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

2010

I've signed on to a medical team to go back to Haiti, back to Terre Blanche June 2010. Until then I have some plans with my family, and will also see what happens with the disaster team... I'm excited to go back, so see Elvire and Delamy, and everyone...my other family...
Next week I am speaking before around 60 women about my disaster trip... I'm putting together pictures, slideshow... not to much to prepare, its all in my heart.

Have a great week.
Love, ~M

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Women

I will admit it, I am feeling very sappy these days. May have to do with the new year and all of the impending changes in my life, but I have to tell you, I love my girl friends. I am blessed to have an amazing group of women in my life who:

prop me up, laugh with me, encourage me, listen, cry with me, drink with me, love my kids, remind me of who I am, keep me sane, sit up with me and talk all night, humor me, spoon me during a sleep over when I am so lonely I can taste it, knock sense in me, make me work out when I don't want to, eat sweets with me, laugh at me, cry for me and tell it like it is.

A sorority sister sent this to me. It's an ode to friendship, to the ways in which our friends get us through the difficult periods of life. This is perhaps one of the most beautiful tributes to the quiet strength of women that I have ever heard. Its a true testament to strength of friendship amongst women. It brought tears to my eyes, and made me think of the women in my life, and how much joy and smiles they bring me daily. I love you b's!!!