Do you guys read Becky's blog?
If you don't...you should!
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Well I did, and I wanted a word too!
I even commented on her post and said I was going do a post about my word. She saw my comment and came back to visit looking for my word. I'm so glad she did...she is inspiring like that. I may not have done it, but like to think I would have.
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Anyway, Thanks Becky for the gentle shove!
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It has taken me Ummm almost 7 days to post my word.
This was hard!
I challenge you too think of a word too!
My word.......FEEL.
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Why 'Feel'??
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This past year I have had a few challenges personally.
Don't we all?
I have been quick to whine and complain about the physical pain I have felt.
But that is getting better so...surgery is helping that.
Hopefully soon, I will feel no pain.
When I touch my kids I will feel their soft skin.
I will feel the hugs I receive from my family and friends. I will stop and feel them. REALLY feel them and know they are special.
When I touch my dogs I will feel the fur on their backs...I will feel the softness and cherish those feelings because the pups are getting old.
When I cook a meal I will feel the food I cook for my family. I will feel the spoon stirring the soup...placing cookies on the cookie sheet to be baked.
Feel the keyboard under my fingers as I type the words on my blog*, journaling our lives. Feel the laundry as I fold it, feel the wood as I dust the furniture, feel the bed sheets clean and fresh as they touch my body when I ly on them at night, feel the fire in the fireplace as it warms my body, feel the hug I give Layla as she starts her 1st day of kindergarten, feel the tears as I wipe them from Hayden's face as he picks himself up from yet another clumsy fall.
Cheesy...nah...it comes from my heart.
I will feel with my heart this year, and take it all in. So many times we get in a rut and just do the day to day tasks and don't stop to feel. So not only will I touch my family, I will feel them. Feel the love, happiness, sadness, anger or whatever emotion it may be between us.
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*This is my 500th post!
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I can't believe that when I started this {online scrapbook} July 24, 2007, that I would post over 500 times. And to think that it all started with a potty training post with Layla staring through the doors of Dora's magical castle.
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What is your word?
(and what is it with the spacing on this post? you'd think after all this time I could figure it out!)
