Three little birds

My family’s theme song. It’s Sunday morning. We’re getting ready for church. The kids are a little cranky. We’re all a little tired.

My husband pulls out his iPod and finds Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. Big Sister dances around the living room, iPod in hand. An argument breaks out between Big Sister and Little Brother over who is going to hold the iPod.

I pull up YouTube on the computer and stream the same song for Little Brother to distract him from the iPod.

Connecting

I love writing. I always have. I get a lot out of it. I also put a lot into it. One thing I didn’t expect to get out of it was connection.

I was always afraid to let my written words out into the world because of the reaction they might garner. Would people like my words, my stories? Would they think I was trying to be something I’m clearly not? I fancy myself a writer, but what do others think?

My Blog Anniversary(ies)

Yeah, this is a hard one to nail down.

Today, I got a little note from WordPress.com:

Happy Anniversary!

You registered on WordPress.com 1 year ago!

Thanks for flying with us.

Keep up the good blogging!

WordPress does better than some husbands. (Not mine of course. He’s a die-hard romantic and never forgets our special day.)

But the reason I say that this anniversary thing is hard to nail down is that I don’t have just one when it comes to blogging and this here little blog. I have three.

Connect – FMF with Lisa-Jo Baker

I’m linking up with Lisa-Jo’s Five Minute Friday over at lisajobaker.com today.

The word we’re writing about for 5 minutes is connect. The deal is to write for five minutes without editing out our creative voice. Just write. Don’t use the backspace key, don’t worry about spelling or grammar and no do-overs, editing or over thinking. Then link back to Lisa-Jo and invite others to join in. Oh, and you must visit the person who linked up before you and comment on their post! And visit as many other bloggers as you like, too. We could all use a little encouragement when we just let go and write. This is about community and connecting and beautifully unedited words!

GO:

Lost…not the show…the feeling

Lost. Misplaced. Out of my element. Disconnected. Sad. Confused. Anxious. Weary. Distressed. Tired. Worn out. Hopeless. Weak.

Open: from The Gypsy Mama’s 5-minute Friday

Here goes, my second crack at 5-minute Friday…

Tickled pink about the holidays!

Today marked the first day of the last week of school before Christmas break. My daughter is more than excited. It’s not just Santa and presents and visiting cousins that my daughter is over the moon about. It’s the time off school and the time home with mommy and daddy and brother that has her tickled pink.

5 Minute Friday: Connected (hosted by The Gypsy Mama)

I follow Lisa-Jo, The Gypsy Mama; it’s my favourite blog right now. Every Friday, she hosts 5 Minute Friday where, based on a her prompt, you write freely for 5 minutes. Her instructions: “No editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.”

First impressions

I drop my daughter off at school every morning, and every morning I see this young woman dropping her son off. She has her other two children with her, a toddler and a newborn. She doesn’t look very old, but I’m not a good judge of age, so she could be older than I think.