Days, months, weeks, and sometimes even years - they all go by us. If we're lucky, we tame them long enough to feel like we were not just standing there as they went by; sometimes we actually feel present in them. But not enough. Too many amazing and wonderful things go by without so much as a nod or moment of appreciation. Because life happens. Because we get busy. Because we just keep going. This blog is a way to stop all of that spinning and pause some of those quiet, simple little moments that make us smile. Being grateful is not something that we just are - being grateful is something we should actively do. This is two friends living many, many miles apart, sharing their tiny little moments of gratitude in pictures with each other and with the world.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Normalcy and Routines

I am grateful for normalcy and routine.  How often in my lifetime have I sat around thinking "I'm bored.  Whatever shall I do?"  Never again.  I was reminded in the last few weeks of the adage "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."  So true.  So true, indeed.

I have been stuck in my house for a long time, without the ability to leave and without a routine.  I stared at the clock watching the hours go by, as if they meant something.  They used to.  7 AM was "wake up" time.  8 AM was breakfast.  11 AM was nap time.  1 PM was wake up time.  1:30 PM was lunch, 3:30 PM was snack time, 5:30 PM was dinner time, 6 PM was bath time, and finally (and blissfully) 7 PM was the young-in's bed time!  The rest of the night was for the adults.  Well, the schedule and the resulting sense of normalcy has been thrown out the window the last few weeks.



We were dealing with extreme pain, sleepless nights, surgery, hospital time, a stomach bug and just really struggling to find our groove.  There really was no groove to find.  We were in survival mode.  It's only when you enter survival mode that you realize how comforting normalcy and routines can be.  I will never, ever take them for granted again.
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