You can read about the start of this project here.
This one says: a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.
Fabric Sentiments is a Monthly Project for March 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
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I don’t have a story this week but I have this lovely photo as the weather finally got a bit warmer for a little while (it’s cold again now.) and we decided to take out the hammock and enjoy the warmish days. I love sitting in the yard and so do the kids. i love watching them sit together, laugh together and be together. may they have each other forever. Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
Weekly Intention: This week is Spring Break. We are going on a bit of a crazy adventure. I will be spending most of my week in Life Restoration Camp while the boys will be having fun in nature and other adventures without me. We will have some wonderful time together at the beginning and end of the week and hopefully for breakfast in the mornings. I am scared, excited, and of course worried that something will go wrong. But my intention is to be fully present, make the most most of everything. Things I want to get Done:
This month’s intention is: Shine Quietly: It’s crucial to take time to reflect. Take this month to reflect on how things are going. Is there anything you need to adjust/change/drop or pick up. It’s ok to shift things. It’s also important to acknowledge what’s working. Take the time to shine some light inward and see what’s going on. I am hoping Life Restoration and this month’s OLW will be great opportunities to shine inward. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: the camp of course. and the time with my boys. and the time away. This week’s challenges: showing up to the unknown. making sure the rest of my family is ok while i’m gone. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: making the very best of this incredible opportunity. This week, I will say yes to: the camp, being there. making connections. This week, I will say no to: feeling guilty. I am worried that: i will let down my family. the camp will not be good in some way. bad news will continue. something will go wrong. i will have ruined spring break. the kids will hate it. on and on. This week, I want to remember: that i am so lucky. that life is beautiful.
Three ways I shone this week: There were some challenging moments this week. Moments where it would be easier for me to close and go inward. Moments were I might have chosen poorly. But I tried to remember what it means to shine. I asked myself what I would do if I were choosing to shine. It was helpful to look at life through that mindset.
Things I wanted to get Done:
I celebrate: Spring break baby! I am grateful for: a little break. i really need some time off and i am heading off to an adventure this week so I am grateful for that. I nourished myself by: more backyard time. a little more rest than usual. Reflecting on my worries: I did ok with the packets. my results might indeed be negative but alas. i am still quite exhausted. but i also am so deeply grateful this week. I let go of: what i have no control over. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
What made me laugh this week: Nathaniel. he’s my angel. My mood this week was: tired, anxious and then sad. but still filled with deep moments of joy and gratitude. Here’s to a wonderful week fifteen. Hello Spring Break!
I first picked up The Dry because the library had it and it looked interesting. But the narrator’s accent was so thick that I kept not following the story so I finally gave up listening to it and decided to just read it. It was an interesting story and I am glad I read it. But I didn’t love it. I chose Always because I’d read a different book by Jio a few months ago and it was easy and light and I was in the mood for that. This story was also easy and light and I am not sorry I read it but I doubt I’ll remember it for a long time. I then listened to We Should All Be Feminists which I loved so very much and immediately moved on to her most recent: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions which was also awesome. I loved them both! After those, I read Milk and Honey which was also wonderful. Different. Poignant. Thought provoking, Honest. Lovely. I would have never ever picked up My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry if it weren’t for a friend who told me her daughter really liked it. I’d read his previous book and didn’t love it (even though many others did.) So I was kind of done with the author. But I am so so so glad I picked this up. I loved every single minute of it and then I cried and cried and cried. It was absolutely beautiful. My favorite read of the week. I then picked up The Reader because it was about to expire and my friend Amy had said she enjoyed it. And I did too. It wasn’t the best YA read I ever read but it was interesting and thought provoking. It was time for another nonfiction so I picked up The Five Dysfunctions of a Team which was recommended by one of the Directors I work with. It was a quick and fantastic read. I will have to revisit this one a few times. And finally I had read the Wolf in a White Van a few months ago and decided to tackle Universal Harvester. I’ll be honest, I didn’t follow this story super-well but I still liked the style of writing this author has and how wildly different it is from everything I read. This was book #73 for 2017. I have a few more books checked out from the library that I am dying to read so here’s to more reading this week! Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what nourishment means to me. And how maybe I’ve been going about it a bit wrong. I need to do some more thinking here. Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017?here.
At the beginning of this school year, Nathaniel decided he wanted to apply to the same school David started this year. He kept seeing how engaged David was and how much he was thriving and he wanted it for himself. I too wanted that for him. I also would love to have both my kids at the same school again (assuming it’s a proper fit for each, of course.) So Nathaniel applied, we wrote a bunch of essays, he went to a Shadow day which he loved and to an Activity day, which he also loved. And then we waited. And waited. For him to get in, someone had to leave the school because third grade is not a year where they expand the class. I tried to explain this to him but he was still so excited, and he was counting down all the days. When I finally got the call that he was the only boy they accepted to the third grade class, I cried and cried and then got home and gave Nathaniel the very best news and hugged him so tight. And then two days later, he finally got his envelope in the mail. This particular school puts wonderful confetti into their acceptance envelopes (which Nathaniel knew from David’s one last year.) so he opened his very carefully and saved every single confetti. I love you my sweet boy. Here’s to the beginning of a new and wonderful adventure.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. |
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