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Pull up a chair and put your feet up. Lie down if necessary! :)
Okay - I moved 550 miles away from my son last July. Since then, not only have I stopped thinking about him - for the most part - but I have discovered an area that I love. This move was such a good idea!!
As I have mentioned before, my health is coming back. My sky-high blood pressure is back to normal and my anxiety has subsided a great deal.
I have also talked about the snow that I have seen falling for the first time in my life. I have never seen anything like it - so quiet and so calming. The beauty of nature is all around me here.
While driving into town today, I noticed something else that is gorgeous here. The main highway cuts through a mountain range - and the huge rock formations that I saw were magnificent. Beauty is right there in front of us - and we need to do whatever is necessary to allow ourselves to again notice what it around us and if that takes totally letting go of of annoying parts of life (estranged kids) then so be it.
Life is way too short to miss the awesome beauty which brings us joy. I used to be so distracted by my relationship with my son - I had stopped noticing what was around me. I don't want to be at the end of my life - wondering how it all slipped away so quickly - and missing the beauty that is there.
Okay - sharing time is over for me :)
As I have mentioned before, my health is coming back. My sky-high blood pressure is back to normal and my anxiety has subsided a great deal.
I have also talked about the snow that I have seen falling for the first time in my life. I have never seen anything like it - so quiet and so calming. The beauty of nature is all around me here.
While driving into town today, I noticed something else that is gorgeous here. The main highway cuts through a mountain range - and the huge rock formations that I saw were magnificent. Beauty is right there in front of us - and we need to do whatever is necessary to allow ourselves to again notice what it around us and if that takes totally letting go of of annoying parts of life (estranged kids) then so be it.
Life is way too short to miss the awesome beauty which brings us joy. I used to be so distracted by my relationship with my son - I had stopped noticing what was around me. I don't want to be at the end of my life - wondering how it all slipped away so quickly - and missing the beauty that is there.
Okay - sharing time is over for me :)
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
As for us now...a drive along our beautiful Gulf of Mexico in northern Florida is heaven, or simply sitting on the beach with a glass of wine or cup of coffee either way!! You can look out and see no end to the ocean...only a horizon where the sky meets the water...nature is indeed beautiful...enjoy!!!!
People laugh at me for loving the snow so much. They are the ones missing out. My favorite thing to do in the world is to take a walk on a full moon moonlit night when there is fresh snow on the ground. The crisp clean snow shines in the moonlight and the cushioned silence is like the most peaceful place in the world.
Snow is a natural sound absorber. You have to experience it to feel the peacefulness. Just heaven!
There are many things that used to bring us joy that we've lost... It's great to rediscover them again!
Hold onto this feeling. It will keep you strong.. and happy!
We had to leave for the airport, to come back here to Florida, but it was a lovely site..so peaceful.
Very happy for you and am so glad that you have gotten to experience the beauty of snow in the mountains. You sound very much at peace in your life right now. I am very happy for you. Guard that and dont lose it for any reason.
Horseshoe
p.s. If you have a chance to go snow shoeing in the mountains, you need to do it.
BJ I didn't know that snow was a natural sound absorber - but that sure does explain the incredible silence - that brings so much peace - while watching snow flakes gently falling to the ground. The experience is like nothing I have ever felt before. Something else that I love about snow is that it seems to have a bluish sheen to it - it sort of glows especially at night - amazing. I'm going to go out there and walk at night in the snow - next time it snows. Thanks for that information.
This is so much better than hanging around a manipulative son and DIL - who are just waiting for their next chance to steal something else from me. We sense these things when they are happening - no wonder my blood pressure was sky high back then. It's only been 7 months that I have been here and it feels like a different world - a very joyful one.
Rediscovering... or discovering for the first time... all the things that give us joy is something that we owe ourselves to do. Good feelings and fun is something we all deserve. Go for whatever makes you smile!
I have always wanted to do a winter hike at night, with snow on the ground and a full moon. Is it as pretty as I think it is. No flashlights needed right?
Horseshoe