Because I Said

Gentle Reminders

As I look at this past week there have been several things that have happened to remind me of what is important to me.  Little reminders I suppose...of course they come at times most often when I need them!  I'm grateful for the reminders no matter how big or small they are.  Some are harder then others, but I know they have a purpose.

 
I made this plaque that reminds me of life, laugh, and love.  I set it close to my front door yesterday as a reminder as we are coming and going.  I think it's good to have these gentle little reminders around.

Today at church we sang one of my favorite hymns "Because I Have Been Given Much"  I love this song and it is yet another reminder to me.  Part of it says "Because I have been given much I to must give"  What a great reminder!  I'm hoping as I go throughout this next week that I can work on applying this gentle reminder.

What gentle reminders have you come across?  I'm sure they are there!

 

Well It wasn't meant to be...

My most recent post that is.  Just finished it up and then it was gone. Not sure where it went, but it's not here anymore.

So this time around it's simple and to the point...maybe that's better.

Have you seen this class...Soul Restoration?  I was on the fence until the last night possible to sign up for it.  I told myself that I needed to take some more time to myself...one of my goals for the New Year.  So this was the perfect start.  I jumped in and signed up.  I was sad when it started because I was pretty sick for several days.  I found out Monday that I had pneumonia.  Yuck.  It really kicked my butt last week!  Now that I've got the meds I'm feeling so much better...just waiting for more energy to return.  My mom keeps reminding me to take it easy so I thought spending time on this class would help keep me busy, but at the same time taking it easy.

In this class I've already found my "one little word" reminding me!  I'm finding I need the inner "strength" to journal.  I'm not very good when it comes to writing.  My mom didn't pass on that talent.  I do however love the art part of it!  It's been so long since I've taken out my art journals.  I've really been enjoying the process.

 
I'm also finding that I will be able to gain strength in areas of my life that are really lacking it.  I've been taking time out everyday to spend painting, journaling, and just enjoying it.  It's been wonderful working on this so far.

 
In this journal I'm not worrying about it looking perfect or just right.  I'm really trying to enjoy the process and try new things on my pages.  It's been fun letting go and just letting it happen.

In between all the germs, kiddos, house stuff, and whatever else goes on I've been squeezing in some time to put some new stuff together for the shop in Mesa.  I've also been working on some new stuff with Kels.  I will be adding that to the shop as well as Etsy here soon.  Yep it's time for another Etsy update!  Need to get my camera out!

I hope you take some time to yourself this weekend and some time to enjoy some of your favorite things!

Strength

Just popping in real quick.  Wanted to share a quote I found this morning while I was doing some reading.  I'm going to try to read something about my one little word on a daily basis.  Some days it may be longer then others.  Today was a wonderful talk.

"In the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things" David A. Bednar

 
I've let the past past week and a half of January slip by.  The days just seem to come and go so fast anymore.  Tonight we are setting our goals for the year.  Looking forward to it!

2011

So happy to have this new year here!  This past year had a lot of bumps in the road for our family. There is just something about having January come around.  The feeling of a fresh start and recommitting or committing to goals and new changes.

The past several years I have picked a word to focus on for the year.  You can read more about it here.  Ali Edwards does such a great job with this.  If you look here she has a list of tons of words you can choose from if you are having a hard time coming up with your own.

I usually start thinking ahead of time about my new word, but this year I completely forgot about it until I saw new words popping up everywhere.  The past few years my choice has been very easy.  This year I struggled with it and the ones I had been thinking just didn't seem to fit.  Then it finally hit. 

 
My word for 2011 is STRENGTH.  At first I just shrugged it off and tried to think of a new one, but I found it coming back over and over through out the past few days.  So I finally decided to just go with it!  Tonight I took sometime to play around with some photos and the word a bit.  It was nice to take some time for just me!  Something I need to work on more this year!

So have you thought of one little word that will help you to push yourself into a new direction and hopefully better your life?  I may need to have this photo printed up and hang it as a daily reminder!

"Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing"