tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4090207531635290202010-01-13T15:40:44.084-08:00A mother and her two young sons give thanksStacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-9787938823056545612009-05-13T21:59:00.000-07:002009-05-13T22:19:06.029-07:002009-05-13T22:19:06.029-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that you buyed me that dinosaur</li></ul><ul><li>seeing Ralphie and playing</li></ul><ul><li>running in the park</li></ul><ul><li>eating that delicious meal in the restaurant</li></ul><ul><li>and the last thing is being here right now with you in the bed. I love you.</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mica is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>seeing all the cousins… Ralphie and Felix and their mama, and my mama</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy says...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://holisticmum.blogspot.com/search/label/thanks%20anyway"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 179px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-tqKdBdjPXs/SgumOFi6gqI/AAAAAAAACZQ/r9zCFnjcWCQ/s200/thanxanyway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335540944487482018" border="0" /></a>Today I woke up, tangled in the kids, and already had that feeling, "I don’t want to be here." It's not about the kids and it's not even about me, maybe, but the feeling persisted. I spent the morning running away in all kinds of subtle ways: "I'll fix that later." "Just a few more minutes." "One more phone call." It went on too long, and the kids began to whine, and pull… and still I stayed distant.<br /><br />But <a href="http://holisticmum.blogspot.com/search/label/thanks%20anyway">I am thankful anyway</a>, because the distance went just far enough and my observation of myself remained just persistent enough that I made the choice to call my sister-in-law and spontaneously met her in Queen Anne, where she was running errands. The kids found a toy store and spent time at the train table and then we went to a tea store so Wendi could buy tea and I spent time watching the kids jolt all those quiet, tea-drinking and laptop-typing types out of their ordinary afternoon. And then to an Indian restaurant for a buffet lunch and lastly, out in the darkening skies to watch the kids run around an urban expanse of pea gravel, ginko trees, and wooden planks (a cool, little urban park).<br /><br />I'm <a href="http://holisticmum.blogspot.com/search/label/thanks%20anyway">thankful anyway</a>, because my introversion and shutting down turned me outward toward life and family and sidewalks and stores, and we came home refreshed. Mica slept and Orlando and I played and he told me he was a baby and crawled into my arms and I carried him with ease.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-978793882305654561?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/ymA4Weuw8uY" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com1http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/05/may-13-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-72634601251116653422009-05-11T22:08:00.000-07:002009-05-13T22:16:22.995-07:002009-05-13T22:16:22.995-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>seeing all those slugs</li></ul><ul><li>Anna, I and P to give back my dinosaur book</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>walking in the rain with new friends</li></ul><ul><li>seeing myself trying to stop my child from controlling another child by controlling him. The irony, and the education.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-7263460125111665342?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/NUcmbbCy7qA" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/05/may-11-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-59090574941434113962009-05-06T10:32:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:54:25.877-07:002009-05-06T10:54:25.877-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>noticing that I was so antsy the other day and unable to sit still and play with Orlando</li></ul><ul><li>noticing that loudness can overwhelm me, and realizing that I can plug my ears or breathe deeply before talking, and then not react so quickly</li></ul><ul><li>learning why loudness overwhelms me, and healing from that, bit by bit<br /></li></ul><ul><li>the grace of forgiveness (from Orlando especially)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>the gift of realizing, really and truly (at least for one instant) that all beings truly do have their own karma, and that my children have theirs distinct from me, and that I have mine distinct from my parents</li></ul> <ul><li>knowing that the seeds of anger are sown in me and that I can choose to stop planting them, watering them, encouraging them to grow<br /></li></ul> <ul><li>knowing that the seeds of mindfulness are sown in me and that I can choose to plant them, water them, encourage them to grow</li></ul><ul><li>being on the cusp of truly, actually <span style="font-style: italic;">believing </span>(not thinking) that mistakes are gifts<br /></li></ul> <ul><li>my parents</li></ul><ul><li>my children</li></ul> <ul><li>my spouse<br /></li></ul><ul><li>my self</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-5909057494143411396?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/UKUTjfmJ2HI" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/05/may-6-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-82268555065296645662009-05-03T10:27:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:53:43.751-07:002009-05-06T10:53:43.751-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mica is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>for Remy</li></ul><ul><li>and Gingerman (character in a story that Papa made up)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>and Luke<br /></li></ul><ul><li>for Papa giving me my jet</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that Papa gave me my jet<br /></li></ul><ul><li>for Mica to give it back to me<br /></li></ul><ul><li>to be with Carol<br /></li></ul><ul><li>for Papa to get me creatures (spiders, sow bugs, etc., from the yard) so I can look at them</li></ul><ul><li>to see the people at the Aquarium who told us where to find the wolf eels<br /></li></ul><ul><li>for having the idea to go to the Aquarium with you</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>two lovely children</li></ul><ul><li>my date with Orlando -- being just with Orlando<br /></li></ul><ul><li>visiting with Carol<br /></li></ul><ul><li>nursing Mica</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-8226855506529664566?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/Ei7se0fnfyc" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/05/may-3-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-63821611725429762512009-04-21T10:23:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:27:11.288-07:002009-05-06T10:27:11.288-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>for making mud pies with Ralphie</li></ul><ul><li>that Papa made me the special thing (a robot out of cardboard)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>that we goed to Park Day and that baseball was fun</li></ul><ul><li>that I run with Mica</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mica is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>Papa and me together</li></ul><ul><li>that I ran with Benjamin</li></ul><ul><li>baseball</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>the music "Water" by Alex Theory. Listening to it is like meditating.<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-6382161172542976251?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/6hEUbjrbhEo" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/04/april-21-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-58993674622039941762009-04-19T10:20:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.450-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.450-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that I have told Mama about the little caterpillar worm thing I saw today</li></ul><ul><li>that Papa and I connect after we are done with anger</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>being with Orlando at the craft store<br /></li></ul><ul><li>settling down/grounding this evening<br /></li></ul><ul><li>writing<br /></li></ul><ul><li>seeing my two boys cuddling and playing</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mica is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>Papa come home to me</li></ul><ul><li>Mama come home to me</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><ul><li>and nursing</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-5899367462203994176?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/LOyMlTjkTu4" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/04/april-19-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-17454314528356473532009-04-12T10:17:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:20:13.732-07:002009-05-06T10:20:13.732-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>Mama making kanten (a type of jello with agar agar instead of gelatin)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>that we still builded the puzzles even though Mica breaked them<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>my plate of grains and veggies and beans -- that food feels nourishing to me again<br /></li></ul><ul><li>spring rain (the light)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>cleaning together as a family<br /></li></ul><ul><li>being with my boys<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-1745431452835647353?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/bO9frNLPU3o" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/04/april-12-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-66446616030113055932009-04-04T10:15:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:17:35.418-07:002009-05-06T10:17:35.418-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>to go to the Museum of Flight -- we did not go on the Concorde</li></ul><ul><li>that we are good and not bad, even though we say so sometimes<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-6644661603011305593?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/ij9Rps5g4KE" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/04/april-4-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-18986468757587412472009-04-01T12:50:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:53:15.209-07:002009-05-05T12:53:15.209-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>Mama and Papa to make me Godzilla</li></ul><ul><li>that I make things myself<br /></li></ul><ul><li>the whole world to be in peace</li></ul><ul><li>but mostly I love Mama and Papa</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-1898646875758741247?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/b0y5AkC5VOc" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/04/april-1-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-13374562949041377872009-03-31T12:46:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.453-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.453-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>the <a href="http://mama-om.blogspot.com/2009/04/skylark-is-singing-with-us-thank-you.html">Skylark Sings with Me<br /></a> </li></ul><ul><li>trust and creativity<br /></li></ul><ul><li>sunshine and rain and new growth... Orlando saying to me, "Look, Mama!" and me, distracted, "What?" "Mama! Look!" "What?" "The tree!" He wanted to tell me that the tree outside our window is changing.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Orlando telling me I was not being centered</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that our house is rearranged</li></ul><ul><li>that Papa drawed me this Godzilla</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-1337456294904137787?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/_g5xKzJEEzU" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/03/march-31-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-80918896821607613702009-03-29T12:40:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:45:46.446-07:002009-05-05T12:45:46.446-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>for Papa taking me to the Museum of Flight</li></ul><ul><li>for Auntie and Uncle to be with me and cook me pizza<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Mica is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>Uncle</li></ul><ul><li>for nursing and Mama</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>Wendi and Ralph babysitting the kids so Rom and I could have a date<br /></li></ul><ul><li>sunshine</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-8091889682160761370?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/K6BnrbEWYH0" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/03/march-29-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-28417602308333504702009-03-26T12:38:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:40:50.432-07:002009-05-05T12:40:50.432-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>you to have a peaceful day</li></ul><ul><li>that Papa works for us as hard as he can<br /></li></ul><ul><li>I love Papa, Mama, Mica and Orlando's house<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>dharma duck-tape (knowing when to shut up :)<br /></li></ul><ul><li>macrobiotic cooking<br /></li></ul><ul><li>the daffodil Orlando picked for our table<br /></li></ul><ul><li>the new (to me) clothes<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-2841760230833350470?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/qJ_vakkeaCo" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/03/march-26-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-8945732897375828982009-03-25T12:37:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:38:16.875-07:002009-05-05T12:38:16.875-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that you maked me born. You gived me life. Without you, I wouldn't be alive.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-894573289737582898?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/_V52gP_xIrU" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/03/march-25-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-50074237539862166092009-03-21T12:33:00.000-07:002009-05-05T12:37:13.624-07:002009-05-05T12:37:13.624-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>my airplane -- to Papa for getting the airplane for meyou made me that beautiful cake</li></ul><ul><li>for the whole family even though we overreact and start to get angry those are some of the times I still love my whole family<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>my mom's health and love of us</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-5007423753986216609?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/1i-u1_GArUQ" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/05/march-21-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-73832358932215317002009-01-12T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-12T20:41:05.960-08:002009-01-12T20:41:05.960-08:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Today, I am grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>acupuncture</li></ul><ul><li>prioritizing our expenses</li></ul><ul><li>possibly hiring a babysitter!</li></ul><ul><li>Rom's new job</li></ul><ul><li>homeschooling friends</li></ul><ul><li>watching Orlando create art</li></ul><ul><li>popcorn with nutritional yeast</li></ul><ul><li>walking in the fog this evening with the boys</li></ul><ul><li>Orlando!</li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>peace</li></ul><ul><li>going to art class</li></ul><ul><li>homeschooling</li></ul><ul><li>and all these beautiful things in our life</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Rom is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>his new job!</li></ul><ul><li>his family</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-7383235893221531700?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/SPGDHrYGhAs" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com1http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/01/january-12-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-26268029829187216272009-01-12T20:33:00.000-08:002009-01-12T20:36:44.613-08:002009-01-12T20:36:44.613-08:00Today, I am grateful for...<br /><ul><li>our new friends -- getting to know the whole family with dinners at each other's homes</li><li>Rom's dedication</li><li>lying all four in the bed snuggling and cozy for so long!</li><li>feeling connected to my children</li><li>the ebb of PMS (oh man!)</li><li>clarity</li><li>my meditation group</li><li>a (semi)-clean house<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-2626802982918721627?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/do6wNH8wO10" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2009/01/january-11-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-90953717537037433672008-08-24T21:30:00.000-07:002008-08-24T21:37:08.459-07:002008-08-24T21:37:08.459-07:00I'm lying down with the kids as they fall asleep... <br /><br />Orlando and I have talked about our actions today (he has started reviewing with me any angry actions we have taken), we've read two books, we've made up our own silly rhymes. He is on the other side of the bed, but he rests his feet against my body, making contact as he drifts off.<br /><br />Mica is still wiggling around, nursing and flexing, and finally fluttering off to sleep. He rolls over next to his sleeping big brother. Their heads are surprisingly close in size. <br /><br />The rain starts coming down hard and I hear it through the screened window and pounding on the ceiling just a foot or two above me (the head of the bed rests under the sloped roof our house).<br /><br />I love to hear the rain.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-9095371753703743367?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/VMEn8Pv3vRI" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/08/august-24-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-80482636965337101192008-08-11T22:39:00.000-07:002008-08-11T22:43:18.307-07:002008-08-11T22:43:18.307-07:00Today, I am grateful for...<br /><br /><ul><li>meeting with my friend E for dinner.</li></ul><ul><li>getting feedback on my writing and feeling things move and develop -- being excited about writing.</li></ul><ul><li>feeling peaceful today -- all day!</li></ul><ul><li>making "power cookies" (protein oat bars) with Orlando while Mica napped. Feeling glad that he likes them and that we have good snacks.</li></ul><ul><li>cooking lots today.</li></ul><ul><li>getting laundry done.</li></ul><ul><li>looking up from my friend's car and seeing my two boys looking out the window at me, waiting for me to get home.</li></ul><ul><li>talking to Kiersten.</li></ul><ul><li>spending so much this weekend cleaning have a clean and organized house.</li></ul><ul><li>hosting the KM parenting group... grateful for the thoughts and ideas and perspective of others.</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-8048263696533710119?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/m1KMKyLeRoQ" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com1http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/08/august-11-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-1237927711138278852008-08-08T20:34:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:18:46.655-07:002008-08-10T13:18:46.655-07:00Today, I am grateful for...<br /><br /><ul><li>the West Seattle sitting group.</li></ul><ul><li>Orlando meditating with me this evening! So fidgety and cute and peaceful.</li></ul><ul><li>eating dinner out and walking around window shopping -- finding a little vegan sandwich shop and ordering fresh fruit smoothies.</li></ul><ul><li>winking and Mica and watching him "winking" back. Totally hilarious.</li></ul><ul><li>talking to Rom tonight</li></ul><ul><li>looking forward to watching a movie and cuddling with Rom after many weeks of him working late!</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-123792771113827885?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/FeDG_QrVoBQ" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/08/august-8-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-52479405293716912932008-08-04T20:13:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.455-07:002009-05-06T10:47:11.455-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful...</span><br /><ul><li>that you made me that beautiful cake</li></ul><ul><li>that I love you so much</li></ul><ul><li>for the peace of the world coming to life</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stacy is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>sunshine</li></ul><ul><li>time to write this morning</li></ul><ul><li>cute boys in the bathtub</li></ul><ul><li>the boys' room</li></ul><ul><li>feeling peaceful</li></ul><ul><li>experiencing moments of pure love and gratitude, totally unbidden</li></ul><ul><li>NAET treatments and Chu-lan (my practitioner)... I feel a sense of vitality and good energy that I haven't felt for <span style="font-style: italic;">a long time</span>...</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-5247940529371691293?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/_dLfo5CgYH8" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/08/august-3-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-58410886008572938232008-08-02T22:44:00.000-07:002008-08-02T22:49:19.577-07:002008-08-02T22:49:19.577-07:00Today, I am grateful for...<br /><br /><ul><li>being the mother of Orlando, who turned five years old today! (Birthday post coming soon on <a href="http://www.mama-om.com/">Mama-Om</a>).</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Ralph and Wendi and Ralphie and Felix -- seeing cousins playing and just getting to know those new people (my nephews!) more and more.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Laura and Jordan -- for visiting today! And being able to have a nice, long, leisurely visit with Laura (Jordon went to do a performance for his band).</li></ul><br /><ul><li>Rom -- for cooking breakfast and doing all the grilling today.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>my mom's lung cancer being ALL GONE!</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-5841088600857293823?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/w8fdAy2bwWc" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/08/august-2-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-23156749934894062812008-07-31T19:41:00.000-07:002008-07-31T22:34:33.517-07:002008-07-31T22:34:33.517-07:00Today, I am grateful for...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">our house... <br /></span>I've been falling in love with it again... This week, I've been finishing up the rearranging, reorganizing and cleaning. I love the kids' room and sleeping in Mama and Papa's room, and the downstairs now has space for two kids' tables, and the boys spend time writing, coloring, painting, and playing there. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">N.A.E.T<br /></span>I have been feeling so much better since beginning N.A.E.T. treatments a month ago. I can just feel a vitality inside that I haven't felt for a long while. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">nice people<br /></span>The nice person at the bank who helped me and waived some of the WAY TOO MANY overdraft charges received due to my own error. Thank you!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">neighbors<br /></span>Ever since we almost moved but then didn't, I have been thinking, very vaguely, of putting together a block party but feeling like it would be too much work. And then, voila! my two nearest neighbors just handed out flyers for a block party next week! Yay, universe!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-2315674993489406281?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/97y96f3eGeI" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/07/july-31-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-6583863596843571862008-07-26T20:48:00.000-07:002008-07-26T20:54:35.504-07:002008-07-26T20:54:35.504-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>the Seattle Aquarium</li></ul> <ul><li>going to Peppi's playground with Papa and Mica</li></ul> <ul><li>not having any angry actions all day today, Papa too! "Papa is a good papa."</li></ul> <ul><li>the restaurant (where we ate dinner)</li></ul><ul><li>playing with my knights<br /></li></ul> <br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Stacy feels grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>my kids loving Rom so much</li></ul><ul><li>being at an all-day retreat with Sharon Salzberg -- and looking forward to another day of it tomorrow</li></ul><ul><li>discovering and reading information about different homeschooling methodologies and philosophies</li></ul><ul><li>the families in the Seattle Homeschool Group, especially the ones we are getting to know but also all the families who have shared resources online</li></ul><ul><li>enjoying our newly rearranged living spaces on the main floor -- a cozy front living room at last!<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-658386359684357186?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/wDdXi_C9llA" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/07/june-26-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-10377312191222072432008-07-25T18:04:00.001-07:002008-07-25T18:14:07.127-07:002008-07-25T18:14:07.127-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Today, I am grateful for...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rearranging our house</span><br />I love the movement of energy and the sense of freshness that comes after we move furniture around. And I am so excited to have set up the kids' room up with their own bed and mama and papa's room with <span style="font-style: italic;">our </span>own bed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cooking on the grill in the summer... </span><br />The bounty of vegetables and delicious food, and that Rom does all the cooking!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">being on the "up-swing"</span><br />After a bit of a down-time, I am feeling more hopeful and energized (though I am almost always still feeling overwhelmed... I'm working on it, both emotionally and logistically)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">being born and raised in Ketchikan, Alaska</span><br />Though I had my angsty moments, I am mostly just amazed and grateful that I grew up in such a physically beautiful and unique place in the world. I am grateful for the small-town feel of knowing everyone and to the power of shared experience. Which is why, twenty years later, at my high-school reunion, it truly felt like no time had passed. How is that possible?<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Orlando is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li> the little toy knights that Grammy and Grandpa gave him. He is so busy playing, he can't stop and do gratefulness journal!</li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Rom is grateful for...</span><br /><ul><li>Carol (hakomi therapy)</li><li>my honey-bunny</li><li>my family</li><li>the sun... bringing us sunshine</li><li>for our new room!</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-1037731219122207243?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/foOyYR8GLEw" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com0http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/07/july-25-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-409020753163529020.post-31453008378537880002008-06-29T22:55:00.000-07:002008-06-29T23:08:43.995-07:002008-06-29T23:08:43.995-07:00I am grateful for...<br /><br /><ul><li>summer's arrival</li></ul><ul><li>fruit -- the first figs of the season!</li></ul><ul><li>cleaning up the house this morning together</li></ul><ul><li>hearing Mica trying to say any and every word he hears</li></ul><ul><li>talking to Kiersten the other day</li></ul><ul><li>talking to my mom twice last week</li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/409020753163529020-3145300837853788000?l=www.todayiamgratefulfor.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TodayIAmGratefulFor/~4/P188MAbGm-U" height="1" width="1"/>Stacy (Mama-Om)mamaomblog@gmail.com1http://www.todayiamgratefulfor.com/2008/06/june-29-2008.html