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BlogHer NaBloPoMo 2015 Day 1- Gratitude abounds

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“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
– A.A. Milne in Winnie-the-Pooh

Yes I am starting day 1 of NaBloPoMo for BlogHer with a post of gratitude. I am taking on the challenge again of posting once-a-day for 30 days.

Like Piglet, I know my heart holds a lot of gratitude especially at this time of year as I begin to look back on what 2015 has held for me and my family. We are all healthy and happy (minus the head cold that’s keeping me grounded today).  I think every year that we grow closer to each other.

Although our girls are older and outwardly show their independence, inwardly they want cuddles, hugs and the closeness we have in our family.  They push us away as they pull us close in as they get older.  They may screech, scream and snark that they are older and can do it ALL alone but deep down they look to us for guidance and boundaries on how they should do it.  The daily push-pull is tiring but at the end of the day I know we are in it together.

Being 9 and 7 years old is hard, you want to be more independent but at the same time you need that bit of guidance of how and why we do the things we do.  I tell my girls everyday I Love You ❤ and they know I mean it.  It’s more than words that I share, it’s a touch, a kiss, a time to hold hands or a hug that I also share daily with them and in return they share back with me.

It is everyday of the year that I think about how our family came to be and it is not lost on me (or my husband) that our family came at the loss for someone else.  Our relationships with each of our girls’ birth families are very important to us, and it is through the years that I am even more grateful for their place in our family and our lives.  Time has created friendships and family relationships that have taken us through tough times and good times like any relationship, but it is our times together in the making of memories that I am most grateful for.  Time together that our girls are part of that they see our family as a family and nothing less.

And so it is this first post of November that I sit back with gratitude and reminisce about our family and our lives together.

What will November be for you?  Do you look back and feel the gratitude of what you have?

Day 1, #NaBloPoMo #BlogHer

I did it!

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Time for my personal pat on the back, I did it!  I excitedly took the BlogHer pledge to write for 30 days for National Blog Posting Month and I have written for 30 days with only one day that I had nothing, The Nothing Post.

It was a challenge I took for myself after attending the BlogHer conference this summer.  I felt if I was to be a blogger I needed to participate.

I have taken on different topics each day, different then how I originally started with this blog.  I didn’t just write about adoption or menopause.  I wrote about things that happen in my life and I liked it!

I am happy with myself for participating.  Something else that came from NaBloPoMo, I found other bloggers and read their blogs and ones I will continue to follow.

So happy 30th post to me! to read the many other bloggers participating, click #NaBloPoMo,  and enjoy everyone’s final post!

open door

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Every time around this part of the year my dogs start to get antsy.  Why you ask?  Most of the year here in California it is warm enough in the day to leave our back door open for them to go in and out on their whim.  This is possible as I am home for large chunks of time in any given day.

Now we are in Fall, we are actually getting rain so the door remains closed until a dog asks to go out.  This is hard for my two dogs to comprehend at first. I am getting up more often as they stand at the back door asking to go out. They are stand waiting for me to get to them at the door.  But it is damp and cool so the door opens only to allow them out and I wait for Cody or Pepper to decide that they are heading out.  A good part of the time they are just looking out the door (we have a french door) hoping the door will stay open.

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Every year we go through this.  Every year it’s a new learning experience for them that the door will not stay open.  Every year one of us are up and down attending to the dogs thinking they are needing to go outside.

Every year we tell them in or out as the door will not stay open.  I am hoping for an early Spring!

This is day 19 of National Blog Posting Month, click #NaBloPoMo to read the many other bloggers who are participating, Enjoy!

Mommies don’t get sick

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Well I’m here to whine to you today that they do and I do … that picture pretty much sums up the way I’ve been feeling over the last few days.  Yep I was the next in our house to get the head cold….aaaah aaaah choo!

But you see I don’t really get sick days at least not when it’s just a cold.  Not the lay in bed all day in my pjs kinda day; girls still have to get to and from school (thankfully my husband can lend a hand with drop off at school) and they have to get to and from ballet.  I was able to call out to both teachers that I didn’t think it best that I bring my fresh germs in to the classroom (even though I’m sure that’s where I got the germs in the first place LOL!).

I’ve asked my girls to be at their best behavior so my aching head doesn’t have to scold or referee their fighting.  Did they listen, well not exactly. Thankfully I have some quiet time while they are in school and time to focus on some of the projects I am working on.  Then in the evening its homework, snack and some play time for them alone or with each other BUT it must be quiet so I can continue to rest.  Then I have to make dinner and the cycle continues till I’m well.

It’s not that often that I get sick, usually this time of the year is when I seem the most susceptible to colds and flu but my tolerance builds and throughout the rest of the year I am my usual Mom Super Self!

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As you see I don’t really get a sick day so here I sniffle and sneeze and whine about my day … thanks for listening!

I’ve made it to day 18 of National Blog Posting Month, please click #NaBloPoMo to read the many other bloggers participating in this event, Enjoy!