I stole the above title from http://baseballsbutterfliesblessings.blogspot.com/ one of the most encouraging blogs I have EVER read, and I read it EVERY day.
We can all have bad days and here is a little encouragement from good ol Ralph Marston
Every day, life gets better. Because every day adds more substance to the outstanding experience of life. On some days it may seem like your life is falling behind instead of getting better. But that's just because you fail to consider the real value that is always building within you. At some point you'll come to appreciate and even treasure the setbacks and disappointments. For although they are painful, they give you the opportunity to grow stronger.The difficulties are blessings that haven't fully developed. The joys are well-deserved rewards that encourage you to keep moving forward. No matter how good life has been, it is getting even better. No matter what challenges may push against you, each moment brings more of life's goodness. Feel that goodness as it accumulates in your experience. And live the possibilities that become more rich and meaningful with each dawning day.Ralph Marston
Just wanted to say thank you to all of the encouraging people!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Cecilia Frances McCain
Hello friends!
It has been a long time since I have taken the time to write anything about.... well anything really. Another milestone is responsible for this post, a baby! One of my best friends since I was in Kindergarden, Blythe, had a baby girl today...Cecilia Frances McCain. Her name is as fabulous as I know she one day will be. With Blythe as a mother there is no doubt in my mind she will be a stylish infant, toddler, kindergartner, middle schooler, highschooler and college student...hahahaha - and I am so glad that this little nugget is in my life and I will get to watch it all unfold. I have been obnoxiously and irritaitingly showing ALL of my coworkers every single new picture I get of baby Cecilia...I am so overkill I can not even imagine what I would be like if she was mine, although I kind of feel like she is! I have known Blythe since Kindergarten, I have grown with her - she in pretty dresses, me in t-shirts and umbros - and experienced all of the ups and many downs our lives have had to offer. She is my first "kindergarten friend" to have a baby...it is so amazing! I can't beleive we are old enough to have babies of our own!
Growing up proves to be a funny/emotional thing. You go through life thinking you will never look "as old as the senior girls", "old enough to not get carded" or ever BE "old enough to drive", "old enough to get married" much less to "have a baby". Everyone says college is the most fun part of life, and though I definitely had fun...I would have to disagree. This time, these moments are what make life special and meaningful. The merging of two seperate lives to make a life together and eventually to make an entirely new life all together. I just got finished with wedding rush number 3...mid twenties marriages I like to call them. And, in the matter of two months three more have emerged, which to my absolute delight I get to take part in. Thank you Kern, AMV and Cathleen. Although at times I am sad that I am not caught up in my own whirlwind romance, (patience I know) I cannot help but feel overwhelming joy for those who have found it! The months ahead are going to be filled with parties, showers and lots of weddings!!!
These weddings too, in time will result in babies as well. Now this topic I am not too knowledgable about but I do what I can. I do know one thing for sure, the love you will have for a baby (even if it is not yours, yes I cried when Blythe had her baby...actually when I heard her water broke, though I would like to think my emotional breakdown was a result of my hormonal surge I was experiencing this particular week) changes your entire life. I love Cecilia and I have not even met her, but I love her because I love her parents...what an easy way to gain supporters...which is what I will be! I am so prepared to love and support and watch that baby girl grow that it makes me cry just to think about it. I guess a lifelong friendship with her mother is to blame for my irrational attachment/obsession I have for her already - but hey, everyone needs a crazy aunt!!!
It has been a long time since I have taken the time to write anything about.... well anything really. Another milestone is responsible for this post, a baby! One of my best friends since I was in Kindergarden, Blythe, had a baby girl today...Cecilia Frances McCain. Her name is as fabulous as I know she one day will be. With Blythe as a mother there is no doubt in my mind she will be a stylish infant, toddler, kindergartner, middle schooler, highschooler and college student...hahahaha - and I am so glad that this little nugget is in my life and I will get to watch it all unfold. I have been obnoxiously and irritaitingly showing ALL of my coworkers every single new picture I get of baby Cecilia...I am so overkill I can not even imagine what I would be like if she was mine, although I kind of feel like she is! I have known Blythe since Kindergarten, I have grown with her - she in pretty dresses, me in t-shirts and umbros - and experienced all of the ups and many downs our lives have had to offer. She is my first "kindergarten friend" to have a baby...it is so amazing! I can't beleive we are old enough to have babies of our own!
Growing up proves to be a funny/emotional thing. You go through life thinking you will never look "as old as the senior girls", "old enough to not get carded" or ever BE "old enough to drive", "old enough to get married" much less to "have a baby". Everyone says college is the most fun part of life, and though I definitely had fun...I would have to disagree. This time, these moments are what make life special and meaningful. The merging of two seperate lives to make a life together and eventually to make an entirely new life all together. I just got finished with wedding rush number 3...mid twenties marriages I like to call them. And, in the matter of two months three more have emerged, which to my absolute delight I get to take part in. Thank you Kern, AMV and Cathleen. Although at times I am sad that I am not caught up in my own whirlwind romance, (patience I know) I cannot help but feel overwhelming joy for those who have found it! The months ahead are going to be filled with parties, showers and lots of weddings!!!
These weddings too, in time will result in babies as well. Now this topic I am not too knowledgable about but I do what I can. I do know one thing for sure, the love you will have for a baby (even if it is not yours, yes I cried when Blythe had her baby...actually when I heard her water broke, though I would like to think my emotional breakdown was a result of my hormonal surge I was experiencing this particular week) changes your entire life. I love Cecilia and I have not even met her, but I love her because I love her parents...what an easy way to gain supporters...which is what I will be! I am so prepared to love and support and watch that baby girl grow that it makes me cry just to think about it. I guess a lifelong friendship with her mother is to blame for my irrational attachment/obsession I have for her already - but hey, everyone needs a crazy aunt!!!
CONGRATULATIONS BLYTHE AND CLAY!!!! I know you will be amazing parents and your baby girl will grow up to be an amazing young lady!
p.s. this might be the most scattered post EVER, sorry....
p.s. this might be the most scattered post EVER, sorry....
o and this is the BEAUTIFUL GIRL!!!! Cecilia Frances McCain
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