- Monday, November 19, 2012
- Posted in boho boy,parenthood,pleasure
{image of us taken last week by a kind stranger that offered}
I was going to write a list of things I was grateful for as Thanksgiving approaches but a list felt more than what I needed. Simplicity is filling my days. Focusing on just one thing I am grateful for is all I need in this moment.
This morning. I am grateful for this morning when my limbs were tangled with my husband and my heart was beating wildly in love and Cedar came into our room just when our lips were about to touch. Peeling away from my husband and reaching towards him as he climbed up into our bed. It felt both frustrating and amazing. And it felt dreamy: this wish I tucked away in my younger girl heart to feel this much love for my husband and for my child. To have Cedar tucked in between us while we looked at one another with a sigh and longing. It was good. So good. And enough to fill my page. Just that one thing on my list. And thank goodness Cedar went into his room to play. ; )
I would love to hear one thing…just one thing you are grateful for.
…and Cedar turns four on Thanksgiving!! We are heading to Northern California soon to be with family the remainder of the week. I miss each of them so.
November 20, 2012
Kissing my baby (who’s 2 3/4)’s bruised shin boo-boo this afternoon – relishing the feeling that he still believes my kisses are magic, and the bittersweet knowledge that it won’t last forever.
November 20, 2012
A Thanksgiving birthday how lucky! I am so very grateful for my two amazing sons, now 19 and 21 and the relationships I have with them. I am so proud of them.
November 20, 2012
I love to hear about your gratitude for a moment that represents a full life. Often we are thankful for things, which is also valid and necessary. But the real gifts lie in those few minutes when we hold our whole world in our sight and know, beyond any doubt, that this is where we are meant to be. Priceless. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
November 20, 2012
my baby brother (the one who has autism) shares a birthday with cedar… I think that’s magical. what a special day.
i’m grateful for home. with it’s fairy lights and warmth. and the old bench under the avocado tree. and the little window seat. and the ivy & vines that take over the walls. and the fact that somedays, you can smell the ocean air. home, home, home. <3
November 20, 2012
4 circles around the sun. Amazing journey you’re on here.
November 20, 2012
For my liitle rainbow girl that came to us the very next moon cycle after we lost our precious babe last year. Three girls now!!
November 20, 2012
Four years already!! So fast! I am extremely grateful for my freedom after have being cooped up and stifled in an office for 2 years, I am now finally free and can’t wait to start enjoying life again. xx
November 20, 2012
I am thankful for the relationship I have with my husband of 33 years. Passion may fade but the intimacy grows deeper.
November 20, 2012
At this very moment I am grateful for you Denise, for you & adorable Cedar (who steals my heart with every post) and your beautiful family and gorgeous photos. That last photo of Cedar in the red jacket walking on calm waters absolutely takes my breath away and makes my heart sing. Thank you. I am grateful for the peace of mind & goodness that I find when I come here. Always. I am grateful for your sweet reminder of simplicity & gratitude. Much love & a happy Thanksgiving xo Susan
November 20, 2012
Although here in Canada we celebrated Thankgsgiving last month, I am learning the practice of gratitude on a daily basis. So today I am grateful for simply ‘being’…’being’ in the present moment. Thank you Denise for your blog, it really is a pleasure for me to read your reflections. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 20, 2012
I am thankful that I am finally listening to my inner voice and my changing body. Finally taking steps to nurture myself, and bathe in the stillness and quiet of the season. Happy Birthday Cedar and Happy Thanksgiving!
November 20, 2012
what a moment to be thankful for. this filled my own heart with a sigh and longing, and beauty. thank you.
im thankful for having hope alive in my heart each step of this journey. and for my husbands gentleness with me through my moments of despair lately. and for my home, my beautiful soft space. and for the way the universe supports me, each and every day.
November 20, 2012
oh my & a big ps
happy birthday dear Cedar !!
November 20, 2012
I am grateful to be feeling feminine this morning despite putting on 2 kgs this week.
November 20, 2012
I am grateful for the opportunity to begin a new chapter of my life (back in the city where I was raised, after 23 years away) ~ and all the newness AND familiarity that comes with that!
November 20, 2012
Funny reading the previous comment. I, too, have returned to my hometown after almost 23 years away. Even for me, who has moved 24 times in the last 30 years and lived in four countries, this was a huge and exhausting transition. And there are many things to be grateful for but if I chose just one right now it would be my husband’s safety. He is an amazing man, who travels into dangerous parts of the world (until two days ago he was in Israel) to bring groundbreaking medical products to those suffering from severe Asthma (because disease knows no political or cultural boundaries), and he does so with grace, humor and faith. I am proud of him and extremely grateful for his safe returns. Oh, and I love that photo of the three of you, it’s perfect
November 20, 2012
grateful for the unseasonably warm weather before the long winter sets in! on a side note, you are glowing in this photo. whatever you are doing/eating/feeling/manifesting is shining right out of you!
November 20, 2012
This photo is wonderfully beautiful, you are a beautiful family I feel the sweetness and love in your home, it’s nice today to see a family together there are so many broken homes …
You left this morning entered the happiness in your life that is why you seem calm on your picture, bye
November 20, 2012
I am truly grateful that I know living a life of gratitude is a mind-blowing, heart-opening, amazing way to live!
November 20, 2012
We are also a family of three, my husband, son and I, and I could have never imagined how full my soul would feel with them in my life. I want for nothing more. I am complete.
MarieG LifeSimplyBalanced.com
November 21, 2012
I’m Grateful for my sweet baby smiling in her sleep as she is snuggled up beside me as I read your beautiful words.
November 21, 2012
well, i am grateful for you, cedar, and carsten of course… love you all so very much..
November 22, 2012
I just found love, again. He’s not perfect, but he’s perfect for me. I am grateful for that…beyond what I’ve ever been for another person (aside from my son).
November 23, 2012
I am so grateful for the new changes unfolding. For the time spent with cherished family and dearly missed friends. For a mug of something warm and a bustling home all around me. The familiar sounds of love in a home. I am grateful for love. Your family is so precious. Thank you so much for sharing. Your little corner here lights up my days.
November 23, 2012
I am grateful for the OWN Super Soul Sunday videos… soul-filling for sure.
November 24, 2012
The list is long but one thing on it that I am grateful for are blogs like yours whose words feel as if they were coming out of my own heart. <3
November 24, 2012
We just had thanksgiving with part of our “friend family” and did a similar activity after feasting. We were all grateful, but I am continuously grateful for the goodness and happinessthat has come into our lives over the last year. We know that the struggle isnt over (my husband is almost done with nursing school, which has been a hard but rewarding two years) but we are already seeing a brighter present.