SPC:: Snow Angel

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~Luciano de Crescenzo

Today, I celebrate you...yes you, my angels.
And I thank you so very much for believing in me, for inspiring me, for embracing me.
I am truly blessed and so grateful for the opportunity to soar to new heights. 

You can see what others are celebrating here

Peeking

Keep your faith in beautiful things;

in the sun when it is hidden,

in the Spring when it is gone.

~Roy R. Gibson

It's been a difficult month...I can't say for certain why.
I go through the motions of my days and by the end of them I'm too tired to spend much time thinking about it.
Maybe it's too cold...trapped underneath layer upon layer of clothing...I feel restricted.
Maybe it's too little fresh air...too little sunshine...not enough warmth and light upon my cheeks.
Maybe it's too dark...for too long. 

Maybe it's too little colour...too many shades of grey...everywhere I turn.

I went grocery shopping today and noticed for the first time this year all the spring flowers peeking out...
pots and fresh cut stems...
of tulips and crocuses and sweet smelling hyacinths.
I bought myself these tiny crocuses...carried them home...and planted them in the snow.
I got my camera out and photographed them for a while.
Then I sat back and thought about all that was happening in the darkness...underneath the snow...despite the cold.
I thought about promises...hope...and faith.

Happy Birthday Mom!

My sister, My Mom, Me and My Dad...Mom's Birthday Party Last Year.

Tomorrow, my Mom will arrive by train to spend a few days with us. We will have a little birthday celebration in her honour and her time here will go by quickly, as it always does. But today is her birthday and if she happens to make her way to this space I wanted her to find a special little message from me and maybe even a wish or two from some of you ;-)
I've been thinking about this post all week and when I went off to bed last night I hadn't the faintest idea what it was I would say here this morning. There is a lifetime of love between us and it seemed an overwhelming amount of ground cover in just one post!!!

When I think about my mom, I think about how she's always been there. 

I think about how she's always supported me.
I think about how it is we've grown together as mother and daughter into friends.
I think about how today I see us as women journeying togethering...
side by side...
each on our own paths to self-discovery.
I think about how she is still learning about herself, still growing into her own, still changing.
I think about how much I admire her for that.

I wish for her a year full of magic and ordinary miracles.
I wish for her special time spent with family and friends.
I wish for her flowers and sunshine.
I wish for her laughter and music, singing and dancing.
I wish for her a year filled with joy, a year of discovering new things..big and small... that make her heart sing.
I wish for her a year in which all the love and support she gives,  she finds returned to her...a year of balancing her own needs with the needs of those she loves.
I wish for her to know how special she is...how she is loved far more than these words could ever say...
today and always.

Happy Birthday, Mom!
I'm looking forward to everything this beautiful new year has in store for you...
so excited to see how you will manifest the dreams you are holding in your heart.
All my love,
k
xoxoxo

You make my day ;-)

Well, you certainly all made my day with your beautiful hellos, your welcome back smiles and your loving x's and o's on my last post. It felt really good to be back...it felt really good to silence all the other voices and speak simply from my heart with a wonderful knowing that you didn't expect anything more.

When I emerged Monday, I certainly didn't expect to be awarded this:



from two amazing women who inspire me so much and who truly do make my day each and every time I visit them or they visit me out here in blogland. I thank you both so very much for thinking of me!!!

So the rules go like this::

Give this award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel so happy about blogland! Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so that they can pass it on. Beware! You may get the award several times!

Well, I'm pretty sure you have all received this several times over in the past few days but I lovingly bestow it upon you again this evening. So, my "You Make My Day" awards go to:

Amanda
Jen
Jen
Jenica
Kristen
Liz
Maddie
Mccabe
Stacie
Thea

Emerging

I've been away from this space longer than I expected to be and with every passing day my return to it loomed a little more dauntingly then the day before...
my perfectionist gremlins screaming louder and louder...
the pressure building to write a "creative", "truly inspired" post to set the tone for this "new" year.
But today...
I really wanted to say hello.
Today...
I needed hello to be a perfect enough beginning.