Sunday Still Life: a moment of mindfulness; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. Thanks to Erin.
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31 for 21: Day 19
A couple of years ago I joined a blogger friend- Erin, in sharing a mindful approach to our days- she called it Sunday Still Life- and it was just that- capturing a still of your life and appreciating it. Shortly after she stopped posting them I did as well. Last year after my 31 for 21 project was done I lost my ability to manage regular posts as well. Writing started to feel like it was for others, not just me sharing about and documenting our days. And while I was flattered to realize others were reading along, well…let’s just say I don’t respond well to even perceived pressure. That coupled with a lack of freetime made for one neglected blog. One thing that has kept me coming back to writing and picture taking when I fall out of the habit is having a routine or habit to rely on until it became more natural again. And I loved Sunday Still life- so I’m going to start again- here:
A moment of kindness between the Sistred caught and stilled.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
The littlest one is the first of the Sistred to not lose it at first sighting of Ole Saint Nick. She stared him down, but wasn[‘t bothered in the least. The Quail on the other hand, took her time to warm up to him this year again. She kept her distance, then (probably after a quick lesson in prudence from Zuzu) decided to go tell him good-bye on our way out. Wise choice Quaileo. Wise choice.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
“Family, lets go eat our ice cream on the porch. Daddy, you like watching the rain. Come on let’s go!”
It’s the little things. like when they notice the things that make you happy.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
She is me even when she doesn’t know it. As a child I would climb the tree in our backyard and sit there with a book on nice days. My daughter. My mirror.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
Sometimes I wonder how many times I’ll underestimate this kid before I get it right. Last week at a Halloween party she very patiently watched the big kids bob for apples tied to a tree. When they were done, she marched up and signed apple to me. Within seconds I started to say no, that it was a big kid activity as I mentally ticked off “the facts”. The apples are too high, her coordination would not allow her to bite in to the apple, the game was done…etc. But she stood her ground. In fact she did better than that. She marched over to the mom/hostess/witch and pointed to the apple tree and signed me. This good witch leaned down, plucked her up and made her way over to the tree with a fresh apple. The Quail fixed her gaze on her target and started bobbing. She can play. It’s only those of us with preconceived notions in our heads, if not our hearts that keep her from it sometimes.
31 for 21: Day 7: sunday still life
Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
This is by far the happiest moment that occurs in my days. And indeed, it is just that. A brief and spontaneous moment of the Sistred coming together and breathing each other in before the rascaling and subsequent crying of one of them starts. It happens at random moments. Usually first thing in the morning when the baby wakes, sometimes when we are out at a park, anytime the baby has been lifted from a seat, from my lap or from the arms of her teacher at the end of the work day. I can’t predict when it will happen but I do always stop and witness it, however brief.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
Her babyhood is fleeting. With it she both takes and brings back the familiar memories of her sisters baby time. With each of the girls we were fascinated watching them stretch themselves into a new sunny day. Sugarplum’s early morning calisthenics pump her little legs out of the swaddle, signaling the daily readiness to leave the nest she had settled serenely into the night before. Then comes the rise of an invisible symphony as she conducts unseen notes waving her slim fingertips through slices of morning light. All the while as she coos her ancient secrets through soft lips that circle and part with words to come. That milky baby smell that draws me closer for an early morning nursing makes it hard to leave our bed; but in a good way, as I mentally thumb through these same moments shared with each of her sisters. It is these sweet and quiet morning minutes before the rest of the house comes alive that are the ones I want to bottle for when these girls are grown and gone.
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
We love going to the mountains when summer days are hot. And when they are still too hot to enjoy the mountain air, we play in the children’s museum. The girls are old enough now that this is so very much fun for them.Their hearts are as light as the bubbles they chase!
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Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. If you are leave inspired to join in, please leave a link in Erin’s comments.
Painted Lady
We had baby butterflies this spring. As one friend put it, our home was bursting with new life! We watched our caterpillars transformation and shortly after Sugarplum joined us, released them into our back yard. Zuzu was the biggest fan of the process. Well, her and her Gramma who then received some as a gift from her granddaughters for Mother’s Day shortly thereafter! Each day in the week following the release Zuzu would let me know which of the caterpillars she saw flapping by at school that day…Tina, Jackie, Max…
Only Mortimer remained with us since his wing was damaged to the point where he couldn’t fly. He lived out his life in our little butterfly home dining on pink carnations and orange slices. We’ve received regular updates about the butterflies in Gramma’s care as well and they are scheduled to move to a local park bursting with flowers today!
Ordinary Afters... 