What's your good deed for today......!!

Every day we go through our daily routine and we seize to notice others. I enjoy sitting back and watching people go about their routine "unnoticed." But what if we take time every day to notice a perfect stranger? When I people watch, I wonder what is going on in each life of the faces I see walking by. I wonder what is going on behind closed doors of their homes. I ponder that six degrees of separation and how different and so much alike we all are. Yesterday my neighbor did an awesome thing by mowing our front and backyard for us. That to me was an act that is much appreciated and one that I didn't expect. It got me thinking about how I too can proactively touch another life. Living is not just waking up and going about my daily routine or business, but it also includes touching others lives no matter how small or big. I know that I don't actively look for opportunities to help others. Why is that? Maybe I've bought into this idea that I am but one person or not wanting to interfere in someone else's life. I'm not sure exactly.  Am I do busy that I miss so many opportunites each day to say to another person, "I care about you?" Essentially, that is what  I am saying when I stop to help someone I don't know. Breaking out of my daily routine provides an opportunity for me to grow and to learn. So, my challenge to you is to look for those opporutunies and not wait for them.

Any Soccer Moms out there....?!!

I have to say, I love going to my kids games. I never thought that I would be one of those parents who go crazy on cheering their kids on but I am, especially because they are both such good players. And no, I'm not just  saying that because they are my kids. Always thought parents who scream crazily for their kids were odd, but now I'm one of those parents. I Love It!!  My two oldest led their teams to championship win in the Fall last year and also this past spring season. They both kill on that soccer field.

Ok, it was a rough go at it at first but they finally got the hang of it. :-) 

  

My first blog ever and after much contemplation, I decided to blog about what make life beautiful. After thirty plus years of living, I have found that the things that were important to me ten or fifteen years ago were unimportant. when I was in my early and mid twenties I never wanted to get married and having children was something that I would run far far away from. I thought if i could not stand other people's children how can I be a good parent or even like my own children. Well, I got married eleven years ago, much to my own surprise. We have 3 very rumbustious boys and they have stolen my heart for better or worse. There are days when they absolutely make me exhausted and I ask myself, "Why did I think I could do this job?" but then I realize my life would be BORING without them. My three boys make my life beautiful!!