Dear Spencer,
Today we went to visit Squires castle. While it isn't really a "castle" per se, it may as well be in your eyes. It's empty, and a place for you to run and play...to imagine...to climb and dream and imagine.
And today, you did all those things.
And today, I saw you in a completely different light. I had my camera, taking pictures, trying to capture each of you in your element. There was a moment I had to stop--to actually put my camera down and just stare at you. You were so grown up.
I have had these ah-ha moments before. That's nothing new. But this experience just seemed so different. It was as if I saw you as you are, and yet as you will become, all in one.
I am grateful for that experience...and grateful for YOU...
Love you,
mom
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Why I write...
After feeling overwhelmed with the pressures of motherhood and life in general, I have decided that this is the year I will find more joy in my special calling as a mother.
It is time for me to stop regretting things I have or have not done as a mother...and it's time for me to start embracing the many JOYFUL moments I know I am presented with daily...
This journal is for me...for my kids...as a place to document that joy I find each day and I hope this will help me see more clearly, and more often, what an important challenge I have taken on....and how rewarding it can truly be...especially on the really hard days.
It is time for me to stop regretting things I have or have not done as a mother...and it's time for me to start embracing the many JOYFUL moments I know I am presented with daily...
This journal is for me...for my kids...as a place to document that joy I find each day and I hope this will help me see more clearly, and more often, what an important challenge I have taken on....and how rewarding it can truly be...especially on the really hard days.
To read more about why I started the joy journal...
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