I stood on the edge that day.
Looking forward.
Because there was no looking back.
I was on my way... I was on the journey home.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Setting a Plan (having a vision)
Having a vision and a plan has always been important to me. Of course, life hasn't always followed that plan... but a vision gives me something concrete to set my path towards. I guess it gives me purpose, feeling like I'm at least heading somewhere rather than just stumbling through whatever may come.
Today I have taken time to review my 'plan'. Over the past few days I've had lots of time reflecting on what has been, and now it's time to look at what might or will be. Looking forward is not always easy but it provides an opportunity both to dream and to create reality...
Today I have taken time to review my 'plan'. Over the past few days I've had lots of time reflecting on what has been, and now it's time to look at what might or will be. Looking forward is not always easy but it provides an opportunity both to dream and to create reality...
Saturday, December 31, 2011
And Another Year Passes...
The eve of the New Year (and its lead up) always has me thinking and reflecting... so what has 2011 been for me?...
2011 saw new 'adventures' as I travelled abroad with Steve and 2 wonderful friends - our first 'childless' holiday in 10 years... a journey that marked a significant change in lifestage and created beautiful memories that will last a lifetime...
2011 brought wonderful new opportunities in my career... the chance to share my skills and passion in working in an area that is dearest to my heart...
2011 meant 'letting go' as my baby started school and I faced life as a mum in a different capacity... with children who were becoming more independent than ever...
2011 brought the cementing of beautiful friendships - both new and old - blessed with the foundation of 'realness'...
But most significantly, 2011 was a year of growing self awareness... it was the year that I embraced my true self, really stopped to listen to my heart, and began to really take on a 'truer' way of life...
When I reflect on the year that has been I remember the tears that came with the challenges, but overshadowing those tears is the laughter that came with the joy, and the overwhelming sense of peace that sits with me today...
2011 was a year that I will remember fondly... and as I look forward with anticipation to the year ahead, I trust wholeheartedly that 2012 will be a year just as rich with blessings as 2011 has been...
With love always xx
2011 saw new 'adventures' as I travelled abroad with Steve and 2 wonderful friends - our first 'childless' holiday in 10 years... a journey that marked a significant change in lifestage and created beautiful memories that will last a lifetime...
2011 brought wonderful new opportunities in my career... the chance to share my skills and passion in working in an area that is dearest to my heart...
2011 meant 'letting go' as my baby started school and I faced life as a mum in a different capacity... with children who were becoming more independent than ever...
2011 brought the cementing of beautiful friendships - both new and old - blessed with the foundation of 'realness'...
But most significantly, 2011 was a year of growing self awareness... it was the year that I embraced my true self, really stopped to listen to my heart, and began to really take on a 'truer' way of life...
When I reflect on the year that has been I remember the tears that came with the challenges, but overshadowing those tears is the laughter that came with the joy, and the overwhelming sense of peace that sits with me today...
2011 was a year that I will remember fondly... and as I look forward with anticipation to the year ahead, I trust wholeheartedly that 2012 will be a year just as rich with blessings as 2011 has been...
With love always xx
Monday, August 15, 2011
Today we CREATED!
Today we CREATED :)
A wall poster... big enough to need two of us to hold it up to the wall whilst bluetacking... to remind Jack of the brilliant things about himself :)
Flowcharts... colour coded with options and backup plans... to help Jack better survive the school day :)
Being faced with an increasing number of 'sad' and 'I'm a horrible kid' moments over the past few months, the time has come to 'grab the bull by the horns' and work at full speed in developing his positive self esteem and social coping skills... not that we ever stopped, but it's time to step things up a gear...
Lately the idea of Social Stories has had Jack running for the hills, but he's been receptive to the new creations of today... fingers crossed that with some intensive and repetitive role playing, we might see some positive developments :))
A wall poster... big enough to need two of us to hold it up to the wall whilst bluetacking... to remind Jack of the brilliant things about himself :)
Flowcharts... colour coded with options and backup plans... to help Jack better survive the school day :)
Being faced with an increasing number of 'sad' and 'I'm a horrible kid' moments over the past few months, the time has come to 'grab the bull by the horns' and work at full speed in developing his positive self esteem and social coping skills... not that we ever stopped, but it's time to step things up a gear...
Lately the idea of Social Stories has had Jack running for the hills, but he's been receptive to the new creations of today... fingers crossed that with some intensive and repetitive role playing, we might see some positive developments :))
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Make Your Own Rules... My Theory...
So this is my theory...
We live in a world where society has expectations. As members of society, we often find ourselves conforming to 'what is normal' and 'what everyone else does'.
Well I think it's time to be different...
It was not so many years ago that mothers were the parent to stay at home and raise the children whilst fathers went out to work. Thankfully, society is starting to cope with changes to this norm, with more parents sharing the 'parenting / house keeping' role, to the extent that in some homes each parent works part time and children are raised to know both parents (or step parents for that matter... ) as primary caregivers.
So what about other expectations... what about other 'rules' that underlie many of the decisions that members of society make?
The questions that I have are...
Who says that sending a child to formal school is the proper thing to do? I know a number of families that homeschool for many different reasons. In fact, we part time homeschooled for 9 months at our house... because that's what worked for us...
Who says that to be 'happily married', a couple has to live together 7 days a week? I have a good friend who lives most happily (and whose marriage is most healthy) when she and her husband live together part time.... it works best for them, and best for their family...
So what rule have YOU made for yourself?...
With this concept in my head, playing with my thoughts and ideas, it is now my new rule to never look at a rule and believe that it is set in stone...
My new rule is to make my own rules... what works for my family, and what works for me...
And this is what a couple of my friends had to say...
Beautifully said ♥ (I'm guessing I am the 'good friend' in the part time marriage) and it does work. There are no set rules and NOTHING is set in concrete because things can change in the blink of an eyelid!!!! Fantastic Liss ♥ ♥ ♥
We live in a world where society has expectations. As members of society, we often find ourselves conforming to 'what is normal' and 'what everyone else does'.
Well I think it's time to be different...
It was not so many years ago that mothers were the parent to stay at home and raise the children whilst fathers went out to work. Thankfully, society is starting to cope with changes to this norm, with more parents sharing the 'parenting / house keeping' role, to the extent that in some homes each parent works part time and children are raised to know both parents (or step parents for that matter... ) as primary caregivers.
So what about other expectations... what about other 'rules' that underlie many of the decisions that members of society make?
The questions that I have are...
Who says that sending a child to formal school is the proper thing to do? I know a number of families that homeschool for many different reasons. In fact, we part time homeschooled for 9 months at our house... because that's what worked for us...
Who says that to be 'happily married', a couple has to live together 7 days a week? I have a good friend who lives most happily (and whose marriage is most healthy) when she and her husband live together part time.... it works best for them, and best for their family...
So what rule have YOU made for yourself?...
With this concept in my head, playing with my thoughts and ideas, it is now my new rule to never look at a rule and believe that it is set in stone...
My new rule is to make my own rules... what works for my family, and what works for me...
And this is what a couple of my friends had to say...
Beautifully said ♥ (I'm guessing I am the 'good friend' in the part time marriage) and it does work. There are no set rules and NOTHING is set in concrete because things can change in the blink of an eyelid!!!! Fantastic Liss ♥ ♥ ♥
I like to be different but find that others have a hard time accepting that.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A little lost...
I'm tired today, and wondering if it's frustration that I also feel??
It was back to work for me today... well, it was supposed to be back to work, but with Annie at home unwell, my day back to work became a half day back to work.
I wonder does anyone else ever have self doubt like I'm feeling at the moment.
I'm feeling lost at work.
I took a few days break from work last week, at the end of a hectic few weeks at home where I was spiralling out of control. Then of course you add today's half day, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in the right place, or really doing the right thing anymore.....
Okay, so it was just a half day, you say, and everyone needs time off work at some stage for a 'mental break'... but I seem to have misplaced my 'heart' somewhere... and I'm sad and frustrated that I can't find it... that I can't slip back into the way that things were...
People keep making polite conversation... and I don't even have the energy to answer... or to think about answering... or to think about even looking like answering...
I'm tired... I'm lost... I hope I can eventually find my place again...
It was back to work for me today... well, it was supposed to be back to work, but with Annie at home unwell, my day back to work became a half day back to work.
I wonder does anyone else ever have self doubt like I'm feeling at the moment.
I'm feeling lost at work.
I took a few days break from work last week, at the end of a hectic few weeks at home where I was spiralling out of control. Then of course you add today's half day, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in the right place, or really doing the right thing anymore.....
Okay, so it was just a half day, you say, and everyone needs time off work at some stage for a 'mental break'... but I seem to have misplaced my 'heart' somewhere... and I'm sad and frustrated that I can't find it... that I can't slip back into the way that things were...
People keep making polite conversation... and I don't even have the energy to answer... or to think about answering... or to think about even looking like answering...
I'm tired... I'm lost... I hope I can eventually find my place again...
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