Fullness of life :)

1. {this moment}, 2. Jellies, 3. "Naps are Pretty Amazing", 4. www.flickr.com/photos/annamariahorner/6035218021/in/faves..., 5. Amos Lee at the Cuthbert under a full moon, 6. Gratitude, 7. clean., 8. "Blanc lumière" en Arles, 9. Growing uP, 10. Spools, 11. DQS 11 Progress, 12. August 14, 2011, 13. Pillow WIP done!!!, 14. Suburb, 15. the bees, 16. water lilies, 17. Beach huts, 18. Molly's Sketchbook: Felt Flower Charms, 19. + and x blocks, 20. BeeFF quilt in progress , 21. Ringo Pie Sunlight for Marit, 22. coordinating, 23. bee imaginative top, 24. 175/365, 25. Plans for RIngo Pie

My mom had surgery for a really yucky infection in her original tumor site this morning. She made it through and I just wanted to post some pretty pictures. I love that people are so generous with their lives on Flickr. They post pretty things that either spark me creatively, emotionally, or just give my eyes a little joyride.

I love making mosaics... and then sitting and looking at them when I need a little pick me up. I appreciate all of your thoughts and comments the past months, and acknowledge that my responses have been spotty at best. Every one of them I have read and taken some comfort from. Between Cancer, infections, planning trips to Hawaii, and those three gorgeous and ACTIVE kids of mine--- time is FULL. Life is very full. I was looking across the room the other day at Big Daddy and just thinking that I am glad that when there is an ebb in the fullness of life right now, we will still have each other. We still will have laughter, a messy house, and love. Maybe I don't like the messy house, but it comes with the other two SO I WILL TAKE IT!

I just want to get to September and take my mom to Hawaii. I really do.

I am thankful right now for a resilient spirit. At this moment I know that I will not be given more than I can handle, but that it takes me a moment to find my legs to stand. I know that I am able to laugh and cry-- sometimes simultaneously... and then go and fold some laundry so that we can all have clean clothes.

JMB