AHHhhh!

 

I was lucky enough to spend three consecutive days on three different weekends with these three beautiful ladies.

Guess what we talked about. Do you really need me to say it.

YOGA!

Pictured above is Baddha Konasana – one of my favorite simple poses.  Doing this postures for a minute or so every day will:

stimulates abdominal organs, stimulates the heart and improves general circulation, stretches the inner thighs, groins, and knees, helps relieve mild depression, anxiety, and fatigue, sciatica pain, and that is just to name a few.

Hold on to your feet and fold forward to deepen the stretch. You do not have to move very far to feel an intense stretch – so remember to breathe.

Over all I love the AHHHhhh feeling you get when you release tension that has built up in our bodies. Most of the time we do not even realize we are holding on to tension. Give it a try – couldn’t we  all use a little more AHHhhh feeling in our day.

FYI: when you first start this pose you might feel a little tight in the inner thighs, so use a pillow under both knees for support. Also, sitting against the wall is a great idea and will help with your posture.    

Lunar Eclipse

 

Photo from: http://heraldextra.com/news

Did you see it? Did you get up?

I believe the reason I love to get up for any Heavenly manifestation are the memories left over from childhood.

I remember getting woke up, or being allowed to stay up late a number of times by a Mom that can see and name most of the constellations. She felt that missing a little sleep was worth the moments of seeing something truly amazing. To me these real eclipses (not the movies or books by Stephanie Meyers)  have not lost their magical appeal.

I sat outside for about an hour in the predawn, and enjoyed the peace as I listened to the birds waking up and watched as everything lined up in perfect order. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned exactly for an eclipse to occur of course this cannot be by chance. I felt in Awe as I pondered over the amazing creations that a loving Father in Heaven has given us to appreciate. I am so glad for these rare occurrences that happen to remind me of His love for us.  

If you happened to miss it do not worry a total Solar eclipse is coming our way on July 11th. Any one up for a trip to the southern Pacific Ocean, maybe the islands of Tuamotu in French Polynesia and Easter Island, as well as the southern tips of Argentina and Chile in South America to see it?

MISSING YOU

(Una May and Dahl Caldwell-1990) 

Sometimes I find myself missing them – and probably always will!

Thursday’s Book

My friend gave me this book on my Birthday last year. For many reasons I was not in the mood to read a sad book last summer. The storyline of the book intrigued me and I had never read any thing written by the author Jodi Piccoult before, and I was happy with her writing style.

By the way I also refused to see the movie. Children with cancer is just a very sad scenario.

My sister put this book up for us to read on my sisters only book blog. When two people mention a book I feel like something in the universe is telling me I need to read it. So I read the back cover again got a box of Kleenexes ready, and decided to give it a go.

Anna older sister, Kate, suffers from leukemia. Anna was conceived in order to harvest blood from her umbilical cord to help save Kate's life; although the treatment was initially successful, Kate relapsed; from her birth on Anna - the only compatible family member, has been used as a donor.

Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs, but when she is thirteen, her sister needs a kidney – major surgery and not guaranteed to work, and the loss of a kidney could have a serious impact on Anna's life. Anna petitions for medical emancipation so that she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her medical treatment and the donation of her kidney.

This book brings up so many issues that I would need to write a very long blog to give due justice. So I guess you will just have to read the book and see what emotional battles it brings up for you.

I will say I did not like the ending, way too unbelievable after the author seemed to take extra care to make the rest of the book believable. I do believe the brother deserved to go to jail. No matter why he did it no one should get away with arson.

Cancer is devastating for everyone involved, and I wonder what ends I would go to to save my child. Life is fragile we better savor it, and our precious time with our families.

PS. Maybe I should she the movie now. 

She did it

She caught me. She noticed that I never blogged about this.

She done grade8ted. We be so PROUD!

Have you ever seen someone so excited to graduate.

She was voted the best graduation shoes ever.(just a side note)

I believe it was the all night graduation party that put me over the edge. After I slept for an entire month I’m feeling much better.

Don’t worry about me I bounce back every time.

Maybe We shouldn’t of had three girls in four years. Is it to late to think about? I believe it has about done me in.

Oh sorry this post is about her - not me, sorry.

Little Princess we are so excited for you. You have a bright future. Be happy! Your graduation day was beautiful and thank you for sharing it with us.

We love and adore you.

Thanks for being so patient. A true quality of a littlest princess.

Yoga Tuesday

Everyone knows I love yoga – No surprise. I love the benefits which are many. I love how it helps me make sense of life. I love teaching yoga, or I as I like to say sharing yoga. Yoga benefits everybody.

So as I take a break from teaching this summer I do so with mixed emotions. I have taught for 5 years, and I need to refresh, and I need to spend some time with family. Everyone is so understanding –Thank you.

I wonder for those of you who have practiced with me for a long time, or those who are wondering why I think yoga fixes everything. What would you like to know? On Yoga Tuesdays I will be talking about yoga, and only about yoga.

My main focus will be how can we incorporate a yoga lifestyle with out moving to India, living in an Ashram, and folding like a pretzel.

Truth be told I cannot fold like a pretzel. I am working on it, and that is where the story is. Trying to be a little more flexible has had a huge impact on my life, both physically, and emotionally. This is why I love yoga and why I want to share it with you.

FATHERS – find # 2.

Someone in my home knows how to photograph the important moments. These photos are priceless.

Can you imagine what these two are saying about us, and by us I mean Hubby and I. I wonder if they chuckle at us, or are amazed, or fret over us.

I bet they are talking about fishing. Yep my bet is on fishing, they wouldn’t be fretting, men like them do not fret.

To tell you the truth I am pretty darn tender as I look at these pictures. And tender is not pretty on me because my eyes spring leaks, and my nose turns red, it is miserable, I tell ya, down right miserable.

So lets just say my heart is full because I am blessed by these two wonderful fathers whom I adore, and have a very tender spot in my heart for.

I must go now I can’t see the computer screen.

The MEN in my Life

 

I downloaded some pictures to my computer and saw these. I did not take them. I want to thank whoever did. I am in love with these photos.

I noticed as I looked at these photos that the men in my life have some things in common.

They need to be about 5’8” tall. No taller – no shorter. (I thought my Dad was taller than that my whole life - maybe he is shrinking – who knew.) Mookie has dreams to break this habit and we wish him the best.

They all have smile eyes – which is a nice way of saying when they smile they squint. I do it too it is not a criticism.

They have the best smiles and hate to smile for a camera.

They are happy, you know that deep down I am comfortable with who I am kind of happy.

They all love to fish, and they love to tell stories. That comes with the territory, right. Okay, I honestly do not know this about my favorite SIL, I’ll make sure and ask him later.

And The world is better place ‘cause they are in it. Not just my world the whole wide world. They are good, good men. 

I am so blessed!