The best mail I’ve received recently…is the mail I’ve missed.  The mail that is delivered to a Daddy who is home 1 week out of the month, and is great at living in the present.  All those paintings, handmade cards, bookmarks that are generated each week, day, hour…are lovingly laid on a pillow (his), the dresser (his side) and our bedroom doorknob (with To Daddy) and I feel a little slighted and start to think.

How do I wipe off the LOOK of “what do I do with one more piece of paper or woven piece of yarn” and exchange it with sincere gratitude in the moment of heart giving from those delightful young hearts in my home?

Today I’ll create a space to display those pieces of art love, and allow the admiration to flow…right into the hearts of those precious people given to me.

Of course, I’ll have to employ that wonderful Daddy to help me in this project…I’m not allowed to swing a hammer against any walls, as he has had the look of “one more piece of wall to patch” on his face a time or two.

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Barb at Harmony Art Mom hosts a weekly opportunity to participate in a online sketch community.  The kids get to send in their sketch “assignments” and on the following Tuesday, watch a slideshow of all the entries.  My lovely sketchers enjoy participating most weeks.

This week was “Something you Study in Science.”

To see this week’s slideshow and/or join in for next week, click here.

310. Beloved Builder teaching me how to use Excel, to make my workload a little easier.

311. Scripture Memory Books!

312. Opportunities that inspire my children to creativity

313. Running into an acquaintance, and finding a new friend

314. Hearing her story.

315. Grieving her struggle, pain

316. Gasping gratitude for the lives we’ve been allotted and all that lies within, the evidences of HIS ever present LOVE and Grace.

317. Good books that point me to the ONE Best Book.

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the past. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. That I want to pause and remember.

Other moments to be shared…