Mouse's Nest: Good Moments

Quotes

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. ~ Anais Nin

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. ~C.S. Lewis

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia . ~E.L. Doctorow

Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. ~Helen Rowland

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Krishnamurti

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us. ~La Rochefoucauld

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. ~Johnny Carson

When I speak of home, I speak of the place where -- in default of a better -- those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding. ~Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

Absolutes are never true.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Good Moments

It's summer vacation and I have spent many, many hours and days being a referee. I have heard whining and foot stomping and been talk backed to. I have had all those moments that make me want to pull out my hair and wonder why I didn't practice birth control better.

Then....

Today we were playing outside at a park. Rhys and Lulu were swinging, the sun was shining and there was this fabulous cool breeze. I closed my eyes, lifted my face to the sun and heard my children laughing. *click* Inner snapshot. These are the moments that make me so grateful to be alive. These are the moments that make me happy to have children and long for more. These are the moments that I am grateful for my body; I love to receive wind kisses from God and sticky, strawberry infused ones from my children.

Today was good.