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14May/126

Sunshine

Tim gave me this (one day early! I love that he gets so excited to give me things he knows I'll love that he just cannot wait) for Mothers Day.

It's perfect.

Despite what it may seem like around here, I do wake up early to write...or research, clean, exercise, dream about upcoming events or about the day.

I love that man I married. I didn't think I was a gift person, but he has a knack for picking out gifts that make me feel known. It just kind of does something for my heart, you know?

Life around here has been all kinds of full.

There is a constant teetering between the practice of contentment and also pushing towards better, stronger, more beautiful.

I'm not claiming perfection, but I am feeling thankful. We try to keep things simple (in materials) around here, but we have so much. Love, family, friends, good food, early mornings of writing and cups of coffee.

There are more pictures on my camera lately, almost entirely because of the joy that was born into my life just a bit over six months ago.

(I'm going to say it again- I had no idea that life was going to be like this as a mom, but it is so good. So rich.)

Sometimes I get a laugh when I say what Nolan likes and doesn't like, but it's true! His little personality is blossoming. (He loves being outside and reading, by the way.) Almost every new or not completely ordinary thing we do has me telling him we are going on an adventure, and why not? Life is meant to be explored.

Lots going on around here. I'm trying to keep it at the busy, but still enough time to relax level. Shared meals and coffee, new life to celebrate (flowers! produce! babies!), celebrations to plan, gifts to make, words to write, evening walks to enjoy with my two best guys, conversations to sit and fully engage in...and little actions that tie all the meaty parts of life together. A bit of cleaning here and there, pulling together satisfying meals (which are egg sandwiches more often than maybe should be allowed), stopping to just sit and be and hold my baby boy in one hand and my husband's hand in the other.

Of course there are struggles. There are difficult decisions and conversations. They haven't and likely won't disappear. But all of the other stuff? It's doing such good things for my soul.

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Mike Pulizzi
May 14th, 2012 - 09:04

My dear Sarah… I only wish I could balance life like you… or at least have the optimism to see my lack of imbalance in a more positive way!..lol. I drink a lot of coffee, but it seems to always be in large, hurried gulps. I have large amounts of time to indulge in playing with my favorite daughter in the world and she takes excruciatingly exhausting advantage of every one of the moments! Cleaning is not one of the priorities here, although not lacking in dust, most of our disarray is being chest deep in books, dolls and semi-broken toys. Overall, I usually open my eyes in the morning and think, “Oh God, am I tired.. muddle thru the greater part of the day and then let my eyes close themselves early at night, but quite satisfied that I have a pretty damn good life!… I LOVE YOU BEAUTIFUL!… P.S>- I always told you you would be a GREAT mom!
holly
May 14th, 2012 - 12:13

what a lovely post! i am learning to pare down my life…and in return, things seem simpler, happier and better. we must remember the things that matter – like that cute lil’ punkin in this picture
Rosie Lauterback
May 14th, 2012 - 21:16

I am in awe, my precious daughter of your mastery of putting your thoughts to perfect words on the page. I love who you are, at what is important to you, like Uncle Mike said, you are beautiful!! And please, please don’t ever stop writing!! Reading this blog is like putting on a warm blanket on a cool night, just all kinds of beautiful. I love watching you be the wonderful mom you are and Nolan responding to it all!!
Sarah
May 15th, 2012 - 06:27

Ha! Thanks for your sweet words, Uncle Mike. I’m not exactly balanced; I’ve just learned I need to swing back in the other direction when I go to far in one. I PACKED Nolan’s day on Mothers Day (my mom AND mom-in-law are both in the area), and the poor kid was miserable by the end of the day. So we had a pretty uneventful day yesterday. That kind of thing.
Not that I am any expert, but it sounds like you are doing a great job! I love that you are loving life and that beautiful daughter of yours . (I love you, too.)
Sarah
May 15th, 2012 - 06:30

Holly, it’s tough to pare things down sometimes! There’s so much to DO in life, and I don’t want to miss out! But it’s worth it. I really think we CAN do it all if we want to…just not all at the same time .
Sarah
May 15th, 2012 - 06:34

Thanks, Mom . I don’t plan to stop writing! It’s too cathartic for me to do that; it just takes awhile for me to actually publish a post sometimes.
Thank you so much for all that encouragement. I like the analogy about the blanket especially . I love you!