August 2010

Starfish are amazing sea animals. They are actually called sea stars and are only found in salt water. If a starfish loses an arm, it is actually capable of regenerating that arm!! Amazing to think about.

I look back at the last post I had written. It was August 2009 and I was facing some difficulties in my life and dreading the next year. So almost one year later I am now starting to write and create once more. I am confident that the rest of 2010 will be a new beginning for me. Since i love the beach and all that is in it, I have "adopted" the starfish as my own. I know that parts of me can grow back and regenerate and I can be whole again.

Let the journey begin.

Trying to Write

Lately I have been stumped. It seems like I cannot think of what to write, is it too boring? is it something that I really need to get out of my system? Why do I over think so many things? I am going to work on just writing whatever I am thinking at the time, whether it is all connected or not.

When my best friend Anita was visiting, she had asked me to try some color therapy. She gave me some crayons and told me to color how I was feeling. At the time, all I could do was grab the black and just press down hard on the paper, coloring it fiercely, not all inside the lines, and rather loud looking. I was actually surprised at the response because whether it seems like it or not, I do have a bit of trouble verbalizing feelings sometimes, but evidentally not expressing them. So tonight I thought about it again and decided to color how I was feeling by the end of my very hectic day. I was surprised that I picked orange and yellow, a little black around the edges, but mostly soothing warm colors. Maybe it is because I was so encouraged by the blogspot of Ann Voskamp called http://www.aholyexperience.com/ . The gratitude list is something I am really going to strive to do: 1000 gratitude gifts. I suppose I will keep it at home in a journal, not really sure if I will be able to write every day, but at least attempting to be grateful, like my mom always encourages me to do, so I can experience the joy I know I have in my life.

I am Grateful for the beautiful sunset again this evening, and as the sun went down the full moon was amazing and bright, like a happy face. God loves to give us such beauty all around.

Tomorrow is a new day!

Paint the World

life

is a train of moods like a string of beads;

and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses,

which paint the world their own hue,

and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.

~ ralph waldo emerson ~

Quiet Sunday

“We need to find God,

and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness.

God is the friend of silence.

See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence;

see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...

We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

~

Mother Theresa

Blank

It has been awhile since I have blogged. It seems I am more secure lately, just reading others posts and gleaning a bit from what they have written flowing from their fingertips. I am not sure why, maybe I have been feeling blank. Not depressed or sad, just not having anything to say.

I am hoping that in the next few days I can get re-energized and become a color again... maybe green ~ soothing and cool; or maybe a steady friendly blue like turquoise . Who knows. A different perspective is always nice.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY delicioso mama !!!!!!

Birthdays are ordinary days sprinkled with stardust.

May yours be extraordinary.

Summer Pasta

Today was a scorcher! It was at least one of the hottest days we have experienced so far this year. When that happens, I am usually a fan of "sun pasta". The way it works is you make angel hair pasta, throw in basil, tomato, garlic, buffalo mozzarella, and olive oil. Salt and Peppa to taste... and you sit it on the sunniest part of your counter while you set the table etc. The flavors meld together and it is light, fresh and all together wonder-full. It is a caprese salad on pasta. When we served it, my #1 food critic (eldest boy 16...) said "I need some balsamic vinegar"; a kid after my own heart. . . needless to say I had to stop eating even though I was full; it was delicious. Serve it with a baguette and fresh fruit... you have the makings of summer.

Off to dreamland - thinking of Italy tonight!! Ciao!