Look Around

Looking around my house, I see...

half eaten boxes of red vines and hot tamales, 

which fed my need for sugar and disrupted my ways of healthy eating

toys scattered over every inch of floor space

what should be a counter top, but instead is piles of papers, to do lists, iPods, notebooks and so much more

piles of laundry, both clean and dirty

Time that is going too fast. 

Kids that are growing older, which means I am too. 

A husband who works too hard, so that the rest of us don't have to do as much.

What I should see is...
a husband who loves me enough to take time to do an extra errand,  so that he can get me the candy I needed requested

a boy who loves to play, has an incredible imagination and is not restricted by only one type of activity anymore

a life well-lived, with happy and active children, and a mother and father who truly enjoy spending time with them

how fortunate I am to be living in a place and time when My family and I have so much. 

We have clothes, food, a home, electricity and so many more things that so many others don't have

I am thankful for summertime because it gives me the opportunity to really see all these things. To experience life with a different perspective.
To see what life is truly about.

P.S. Have you read the letter I wrote to my blogging friend, Katie? She is a brand new mama of a beautiful baby girl. You can read the bit of wisdom, about being a mother, that I shared with her, here.