All posts by Crystal

Support

Gratitude
  1. My mother-in-law is over for a few days to help out
  2. My husband’s good advice, though it tastes sour going down
  3. My daughters (!!)
  4. working out
  5. Raspberry leaf tea
  6. Quiet
  7. Just…allowing
  8. Learning and growing
  9. Healing
  10. This

Ahh

Gratitude
  1. My husband sacrificing sleep so I could have an extra hour
  2. Which made all the difference in my day
  3. Sleepy infant sounds
  4. Heavenly infant smells
  5. Sleep smiles
  6. A surprise package from Garrett today, with an absolutely perfect book (of course!) and two darling plushies
  7. I told my husband that Garrett was the only one to point out the palindromes and he said, “well he is one of the smartest people we know”
  8. Reading about gardening that actually makes sense and seems doable
  9. A little walk down the road
  10. This

Listen

Gratitude
  1. Flowers
  2. My hardworking husband
  3. Spending time with my eldest
  4. Waldorf ways of doing things
  5. Heart connections
  6. Offer of clothes for my youngest, hooray
  7. The breathing of sleeping sisters
  8. The way things are
  9. Listening
  10. This

Babymoon

Gratitude
  1. Blissful time with baby,  just the two of us
  2. And time again with my toddler, while dad holds the baby, which makes her day
  3. Family
  4. Dear friends
  5. Prayers. For friends, for family, for everything- prayer is woven through our lives.
  6. Early bedtime
  7. Comfortable progress
  8. Stretching in my new skin
  9. Memory
  10. This

Home

Gratitude
  1. Bringing our beautiful baby girls home from the hospital yesterday- big sister and little sister both fell asleep on the ride
  2. My oldest playing with her cousins who are in town, good timing
  3. Standing my ground
  4. Yet in another situation, not saying what I could have brought me greater peace
  5. Reflecting on the labor and delivery with a dear friend
  6. Every moment I get to hold my daughters
  7. Little one’s squeeks and pips
  8. Her blue eyes
  9. And calm spirit
  10. This

Welcome, beautiful:)

Gratitude
  1. Our little baby girl blessed us with her sweet entry into the world
  2. My labor support person/doula was absolutely amazing!
  3. As was my husband, who is my rock and strength
  4. Not many of my birth preferences came to pass, but I felt good about the way I stood up for myself and didn’t let faux urgency sway me
  5. This labor was much shorter! About 7.5 hours total
  6. Gazing at my baby’s sweet face
  7. Uncontrollable tears as I watched my daughters meet for the first time
  8. My toddler’s sweetness- stroking tiny hands and feet and kissing baby’s head
  9. Letting go of control of so many things, and feeling peace
  10. This, oh God, this

Comfort and discomfort

Gratitude
  1. My toddler getting to play with other kids- boys, who play so much differently!
  2. My understanding husband
  3. Weeding
  4. Comments from strangers (sometimes:)
  5. The way children are so much less hung up than we are
  6. Discomfort
  7. Fresh local blueberries that fill my tongue with joy
  8. Supportive friends
  9. Modern conveniences, like washers and dryers
  10. This

Rest

Gratitude
  1. Met up with the other moms today- who kept asking, any contractions yet? :)
  2. Tomorrow is one of 3 supermoons this year (biggest in Sept I think)
  3. And Monday is 7-14-14
  4. So there are fun days coming up for a wee one to be born :)
  5. Amazing, soul-rejuvenating nap
  6. Fresh food
  7. Watching children play
  8. Quartz & moonstone
  9. Cleaning
  10. This

Ripe

Gratitude
  1. Never thought I’d be making plans with other moms tomorrow, but I might be there!
  2. Taking time to listen and soften and surrender, and watching pain dissolve in the other person
  3. Connecting deeply with my toddler, who knew the heart was capable of loving so deeply?
  4. Ripe organic cherries
  5. Ripe organic red grapes
  6. Ripe watermelon- any kind, from anywhere, I’ll take it:)
  7. Ripe belly, ready to go! Time to fall from the tree, precious fruit.
  8. Good news from doc, all’s well, just unrushed
  9. Synchronicity
  10. This