Category Archives: Boys

Boys, Family, Self-help

Be Burning The “To Do” List

March 15, 2015 Be Enough Leave a comment

How many moments have I missed by the “to do” list that runs in my mind?

How many words have just floated by me as I stare at my “to do” list on the counter?

What am I missing when I attend to my ‘to do’s”?

This endless list that gives me a perception that I am fruitful, productive and moving in the ‘right’ direction.

Right now I choose:

To stand still.

Allowing time to float by.

Having no schedule.

Nothing “to do”.

For a few days, I have the gift of sunburning the “to do’s” to the basics – food, water, sleep are the only necessities we have.

Time to notice.

A season of slowing down.

A time to play.

A season to see.

An opportunity to be.

Myself.

Imperfect.

Unproductive.

Human being.

Be.

Me.

Boys, health & fitness

Be Having Fat

March 13, 2015 Be Enough 3 Comments

I had to share this quote that I came across a few months ago. It has greatly encouraged me as I have set some health goals to ‘be able to keep up to my boys.” This has meant that I want to shed a few pounds. Have you felt ten pounds of butter?

Ten more pounds to be light (and unfortunately I can’t get this in a bottle like my hair colour!) and running alongside my boys.

May this quote encourage you on your journey.

One unconscious belief.

Shattered.

One conscious thought.

Replaced.

One mouthful.

At a time.

One workout.

Every day.

Let’s go TEAM LIGHT!

Boys, Family

Be Stealth with Hot Chocolate

March 10, 2015 Be Enough 1 Comment

Last week, we were tired and maybe a bit cranky.

We were having an ordinary, grumpy day, but then…

We drove by the high schoolers waiting for their morning school bus ride.

The boys and I started talking.

We noticed they were cold.

We thought they needed some hot chocolate.

We talked about surprising people.

Yup, they definitely needed hot chocolate.

I talked about how special high schoolers are and how hard they work at school.

Definitely they will need donut holes too!

This morning at 7:45am, we sprang into action.

We brought our kids table, picked up some hot chocolate and donut holes and we stealthily dropped them off.

And look at our faces…

No more grumpiness. We gave freely and we were blessed!

Then we stealthily drove by to see the faces of our high school hot chocolate drinkers. (JC took the picture)

Happy day to our high school neighbours! We really hope you enjoyed the fourteen hot chocolate and fifty donut holes we stealthily dropped off for you. The boys are into playing spies right now, so that made it extra fun!

Boys, Goals, health & fitness, writing

Be Flying in the Sky

March 9, 2015 Be Enough Leave a comment

Soaring.

Laughing.

Pure joy.

Freedom.

Nothing holding him back nor slowing him down.

He is strong within himself.

He can do so many things.

He can fly through the sky.

At only three.

I wonder what he will be doing at thirty-three?

Thank you to my outdoor fitness leader, Krista, for capturing this moment while ~~my thighs were on fire~~ I was working out!

Boys, friendship, humour

Be Had by a Hat

March 5, 2015 Be Enough Leave a comment

I was gotten.

I was had.

By a hat!

In my beautiful, handmade salad dressing!

This little ditty started way back in 2009… SIX YEARS AGO.

It started with a cake and here is the story.

For over two years, this hat has now been going back and forth between my friend Double D and I.

Last week, I kindly asked my friend Double D if I could get some of her amazing, beautiful balsamic salad dressing that I think she should sell. I pulled into her house on Friday afternoon, looking for her to jump out of somewhere and throw the hat into my car. Previously, I had put the hat ten feet up in her tree when she was away on a relaxing weekend away.

I searched the bag and NO HAT! I looked under the paper in the bag and NO HAT!

Whew!
Relief!

Joy!

Peace!

The hat was STILL in her hands!

But then, alas, I opened the beautiful jar of creamy, delicious handmade salad dressing.