Good Moments

A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine told me that she and her family spend a few minutes each night sharing 5 good moments from their days.  She wanted to encourage gratitude and positive thinking at the end of the day.  I thought about  how I and my family could benefit from this positive end of day ritual and how it could help us to communicate more too.  So, I tried it out this past Friday night at dinner.  Among our list of good moments were:

“My tea time date with Mommy”

“Waking up in time for yoga”

“Free lunch”

“Climbing to the top of the stairs” (we ad libbed for Levi)

“Jumping on the moon bounce”

“Taking a nap”

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As I look back over the week, I remember so many good moments.  Mostly I feel as though I’m in a bit of “achievement” mode; setting many mini goals  and pushing myself to reach further and yet do so with balance and restraint.  This week, I feel good that:

1. Postpartum Support Reston is up and running!  We had our first meeting, took care of some basic organization, and are planning on sending out educational packets and advertisements to local doctors’ offices.  Oh  my goodness, I cannot tell you how happy I am that this group exists.

2. I finally read through my Yoga Bible, made index cards of asanas (or poses) that I practice frequently, and am studying the sanskrit names too.  I’m also watching a therapeutic yoga series that includes lessons on anatomy as well as healing and preventative practices for a wide range of injuries, etc.

3. I am making time for my Attachment Parenting Support Group responsibilities, like filing our yearly financial report, setting up and preparing for meetings in a space that is child safe and friendly, including engaging activities for kids, and more space for mamas to talk with and support each other.  I’m also learning to speak up and let my co-leaders know when I need to step back and let go of responsibility.  Because I want to be involved a wide range of activities, above all else mothering and my relationship with my husband, it makes sense to me that I am honest with myself and others about what I can and cannot do.  I need to say, “Yes, I can do this,” and be comfortable with saying, “No, I can’t accomplish x, y, z.”  And that’s okay.

4. Clients are setting up sessions with me!  I’ve updated my portfolio and added a slideshow to my webpage as well.  I added music, which only plays when a viewer selects slideshow (I know that some viewers do not like coming to a website that is blaring music at them). I’d love to know what folks think about the site updates . . . “technically challenged”me is patting herself on the back for the little changes made.

and . . .

my house is sort of clean.  Sort of.  And my garden is growing, though I know there are pests among my mint and I just noticed that an heirloom section of parsley fried in the sun.  It’s been hot.

But, getting back to why I feel good about this week:

the pool opened!  and, our A.C. is functioning!  Woo hoo!

Last, I’ll leave with this cute portrait I did of Annabelle at her last ballet class for the Spring.  All the extra hugs, kisses, and sweet words she’s been giving me these past weeks are really making me smile . . . maybe, just maybe, the terrible 3s are over.  Maybe.