All posts by Crystal

Spring

Spring peeking from around the corner
Two long walks with my red-nosed girls
Seeing a real live kingfisher
And robins, so cheery
Geese honking
The mangy but self-assured mutt that follows us part of the way
Sun shining through the cold air
Friends full of love and good advice
Makin a decision to eliminate the need to make the same decision all day
Rose’s love and warmth and kind words

Ahh

Making it through
Good friends
Knowing the tough emotional stuff doesn’t last forever
Relief
Setting up a plan to get through other tough stuff
Cracking open
Grief
Compassion
Self compassion
Self acceptance, even the worst parts

Consistent

Helen’s international list, how exciting!
Consistency
My grandpa’s advice
Respect
Mint dark chocolate
A walk a walk! The first in months when it was warm enough to take the girls
My own limits (seeing them, admitting them, working with them)
My husband, my partner in life
Ideas
Creativity
Building an empire with my creative friend- time to start digging the foundation :)

Packing

Packing
Which is one of the most natural feelings in the world to me, I’ve done it so much (but did think our last move would be it for awhile!)
Planning and thinking things through
Help from others
A highlight of our day, a book arrived from Garrett for the girls!!!
Ava wanted the whole story asap, but we had to put the ending on hold for tomorrow
Cuddles with my girls
Feeling better after a day of food poisoning, amazing what we take for granted, like being able to eat and keep it down
My husband and his help
Calmness, almost otherworldly, thanks to magnesium supplementing perhaps?

Whee

The end of a long day
Friendly appraiser
Great friend who came over to help with the kids so I could pack
Letting go, with my kids, more and more
Laughter
The way things naturally migrate to the giveaway pile when you’re moving
Home cooked, home raised, organic, brined chicken that was fight-over-it delicious (and I didn’t have to cook it!)
Treats for Ava and her bff G
Being able to lend things and help
Coaching clients (who knew I would love this so much? I love this!)
Grateful heart for all my blessings, especially and even when things are stressful and uncertain

Watching

Wathing the mind with all its chatter
Questioning assumptions
A great comeback
My amazing and wonderful Grandpa, whose birthday is today
Time to get things done
Having so much more (literally and figuratively) than we thought
What’s close to my heart
Breaking through old patterns
A dear friend to hold my hand along the way
This, being grateful

Treats

Giving myself treats, often
Looking at what I’ve written down and seeing a pattern
Running a marathon kind of day- it was long, it sucked, I made it through and now I’m so glad it’s over but also proud I did it
Getting to a place of creativity
Flexible, resillient mind
Yoga, I’ve missed thee!
Lavender & coconut oil bath
Duolingo
Writing
Choosing gratitude, having this place to come to, all of you.