1. Cancelled plans due to snow meant I got some work done in the basement
2. And worked on synchronized naps for my girls
3. And chatted with a brilliant writer
4. What a glorious day! So beautiful and full
5. I am so grateful for the people in my life- they say it’s who you know, but I think it’s who you love
6. My husband, who is amazing and wonderful
7. The way my whole perspective changes when I have 30 minutes of quiet
8. Really, I hear angels singing
9. God bless all the parents who ever were, are and will be.
10. This

1. Recognizing feeling shame
2. A dear friend who listened and reflected and changed my day 100%
3. My grandma’s wise counsel and the incredibly talented way she writes and speaks
4. Groceries, after avoiding going for a few days too long
5. Showing up and being seen
6. Making a change to make everyone more comfortable, that was actually really satisfying
7. Being present with others’ pain, and being empathetic, but not rescuer (wow, Hi, Adult Crystal)
8. Acknowledging my own pain and sticking with it
9. This is the stuff we all have, that we connect over. Isn’t that beautiful that we connect over something otherwise so isolating?
10. All this

1. Give me the courage to show up and let myself be seen. -Brené Brown
2. Admitting
3. Asking
4. Play, and how it dissolves all the ick
5. Tension-relieving moments
6. People I admire
7. Sparkle
8. Softness
9. Clean
10. Attention to detail

1. Hard work
2. Play
3. Children
4. Inspiration to try something new
5. Comic style journalling
6. Farmer’s market
7. Making whatever I could find in the pantry for dinner and it turned out surprisingly good
8. And chocolate chip cookies
9. My husband’s hard work and dedication
10. This

1. Irreverence is a lot of fun, I think I’ll have it more often
2. Hearing a decent response
3. Paying attention to how I felt- and taking note
4. A glorious few minutes with watercolors before everyone woke from naps
5. Play, who knew it was so much fun?
6. Testing limits
7. Being in a place where I can be totally present
8. Which is the greatest gift, defense, plan- whatever I need it to be
9. Letting go of a previous expectation
10. Wow

1. Everyone’s lists
2. A friend who took time out of her day to help
3. Resources
4. Hearing about a coyote
5. Creative inspiration
6. Closing my eyes for a minute and regrouping when I really needed to
7. Being sneaky, when it’s used for good
8. Going further outside my comfort zone
9. Sending love and positive visualizations to a friend
10. This life

1. Radiant watercolors arrived today
2. And they’re gorgeous
3. Playing only a bit though, because I’ve learned that nobody has a good morning if mama doesn’t get enough sleep
4. Finally realizing my actions affect a whole lot
5. Having time to get something off my shoulders- and my mood immediately brightened
6. Also: chocolate
7. The book Playful Parenting
8. My two most precious babies
9. My grandma, and her never-failing encouragement, I truly wonder at what a huge, positive impact she’s had on my life, moreso every year- ! How can one woman be that profound?
10. My beautiful life, an everything in it (especially this)

1. Going with the flow
2. Trying
3. Fun plans and castles in the sky
4. Opal Whiteley’s diary
5. Resources online
6. All things Keri Smith
7. Unadvertising
8. Making my own labels
9. Challenging my brain to think differently
10. This fun

1. The concept of adventure (junk) playgrounds
2. The smell of wood burning, watching a log burn and crackle, such a home smell
3. Play
4. Sledding, snow angels, snow eating with my eldest. Listening to the birds crow in the otherwise silent cold.
5. A nap when I dearly needed it
6. Clarity, excitement and planning afterwards
7. Trust in the universe- phew, excercising this muscle
8. Getting things that have been on my list for awhile, because now it’s time
9. Art on the walls
10. Chats with my eldest before bed, I love her stories of the day

1. An indoor day
2. With a little bit of sledding in perfect powdery snow “let’s hit a tree mama!”
3. Getting things done around the house
4. And the babies napped at the same time
5. Changes
6. Taking care to explain what’s changing
7. Ways to help
8. Caring
9. And doing something about it
10. People who lead the way