abloom

you
(yes you)
are a
brilliant
beautiful
wise
blooming
soul

(backyard) wishing.

to let go
more peace
an open heart
continued creativity
breath
health for all
a pink bicycle
to move on
a poem
to always remember
to laugh loudly
to be surrounded by loved ones
an organized home
to be understood
to be forgiven
time for twirling
a picnic for two
an open heart

what are you wishing for today?

thank you (checking in)

thanks for checking in with me with your comments, emails, and by phone...sorry my posts seemed so cryptic. not really my intention but i just felt a need for connection i guess. to take a break from the fabric and the pink and the pretty and just share bits of what is happening in my life...bits of what is also real and true and me.

my grandfather is in the hospital, across the country, and things were a bit confusing and, well, scary for awhile. things seem better now. it is still a bit confusing but not quite as scary.

it brings up a lot for me. being so far away. missing him. missing my grandmother. missing their home where i always felt safe and really alive. missing those parts of my childhood. and the fear that sits there whenever we know someone might die sooner than we thought. the stuff that makes up parts of what is real and true and life.

deep breath.

i am taking my own advice for a change and trying to just stay in this moment. this moment right now. to be here...

jon and i have had quite the adventure over the last couple of days as we thought we might have to postpone a trip to see his parents and spend time with his gram and instead go to see my grandpa. we made the decision to still head to see his parents, but then we missed our flight...because we were late. our own fault. really my fault.

oh the drums of negativity that can keep tempo in your head when something like that happens.

deep breath.

(thanks to the kindness of a woman at the delta counter) we are here, a day late, safe and sound and surrounded by love.

deep breath.

i hope to share some "postcards from colorado" as i take in the beauty of the scenery and family...

thanks for being out there reading my words and sitting beside me.

many blessings,
liz

backyard moments.

yesterday was another "one of those days." one of those "this is what happens when people get older and you live far away from your family and you don't have control of anything and you just have to wait for information and pray and try not to panic and wait some more and make the best decisions you can" kind of days.

after some phone calls and some tears, jonny and millie got me out of the house.

just out into the backyard to sit in the glider and listen to the birds and breathe.

i captured some of the many faces of our miss millie as we sat together as our little family...

(thank you for your kind comments...they mean so very much to me. as i sit here in the morning quiet punctuated by the insistent but happy chirping bird outside the window, i know that i am so blessed.)

take a breath...find the joy.

pause.
inhale.
notice you.
exhale.
find you.
inhale.
look inside your heart.
exhale.

inhale.
do you see the joy within you?
exhale.

inhale.
do you see the joy that is you?
exhale.

breathe in that joy.
no matter the size...or how far or near the feeling...
just breathe it in.
let yourself live inside that joy...
for this moment.
for this hour.
for this day.

do this one small thing just for you...