Showing posts with label journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journal. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Journal Jar - Proudest Mom Moment

There are aplenty proud moments as a mom. When little miss Haana comes up with creative ideas to implement, how she conducts herself, how she's friendly, open and loving to others, how she may lie to me sometimes when but i ask her if she's lying she says yes, how she's independent, she's so loving and compassionate, so caring, so loving. And then there is the 7 month old Bobby boy. Already scuttling about quietly and quickly from place to place. Always pulling up and standing holding whatever he can get, already holding and picking things with his fingers and thumb - even tiny things like a green pea, already holding 2 toys - One in each hand together, always climbing up always exploring! There is so much to be proud of. He tracks little miss Haana, watches her whenever she's around. 

Once when Bobby fell of from the bed and was crying, little miss Haana was crying too. She was so upset and scared if Bobby got hurt. Wondering if he'll be ok. 

He doesn't complain when she squeezes his cheeks or "pats" his bottom or gets into his face to kiss him. She does complain when he tries to eat a book she's reading. Their bond of siblings 8 years apart, is so sweet and full of love. I think that's my proudest mom moment, even though it is not really just a moment. And saying i'm proud seems to imply i take credit for it. I feel their bond speaks of who each of them is. Wonderful, amazing, full of love. 

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Journal Jar - I am Happiest When

Today i picked out a strip of paper from a Journal Jar that little miss Haana made for me, and in it, it had a theme for a short journal entry. 
Today's theme - i am happiest when...
I am happy hanging out outdoors on a mild balmy day. I am happy laying in grass on a sunny spring day and watch cotton puff clouds travel the sky. I am happy watching lady bugs. I am happy watching butterflies. I am happy when i paint. I am happy when i create something out of nothing. I am happy when i help another with no strings attached. I am happy hearing from family and friends. 
But i think i am happiest when i'm around my loved ones. Bobby boy and little miss Haana have made me happier than i thought possible. The selfless love that I receive in my life, I am extremely fortunate to get. It has given me this understanding that love is the most important thing. It belies all odds, all logic, all equations. Love just is. I am happiest when i have love around me.  

Journal Jar

Little miss Haana made me a journal jar. It's a jar she painted and decorated. Inside it, there are strips of papers, each paper has a theme for writing a ahort journal or note. She also made and kept put a small notebook and a baby pen in the jar for me to write my journal entries in to. 

I'm supposed to take out 1 piece of paper and write a journal entry on that theme every single day. Obviously I've been falling on that duty. She made the jar sometime in August, and I don't have many entire in that journal inside the jar. But I've decided I will make it up now. I'll write a journal entry on my blog so I don't lose it. I'll start tomorrow. 😊