Weekly Wisdoms #4
This weeks wisdoms was actually a little late but I cheated a little and back dated it! It was a week! I am not completely ready to share everything that went down yet, so will just focus on the positives. But it will be a shorter catch up this week.
Glimmers
(Glimmers are micro-moments of joy that make us feel happy, hopeful, and safe.)
- We had more rain. Proper, gorgeous summer rain with a crazy thunderstorm thrown in. I love this time of year, the rain clears the months and months of dust and leaves us with a sparkling city.
- I worked from bed on Thursday. I haven’t done this with for a long long time and it was just what I needed
- I completed a project on my Cricut that I have had bookmarked for weeks. It came out so well.
- I had a gluten-free brownie from Vida and it was so good that I am mentioning it here!
- We don’t have a curtain in our room – it wasn’t really the plan but I love the open window now. We are on the second floor so no one can see in. It allows us to see the full and the sunrises in the morning and quite something.
- Jack had a last minute get together with a friend of his, he has been trying for weeks to arrange this but she is writing exams so it hasn’t worked out. He was so excited and it made me so happy seeing him so happy.
My Weekly Wisdom
“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.” — George Eliot
When people hear you have four kids, one of the next things they say is “How do you do it?”.
When you loose a child, the first thing people ask is “How are you coping?”
There are a few answers to those questions but the most important one is – my support, my husband.
I manage because he supports me and our family.
Our journey together has not always been easy, we have hit a lot of potholes and bumps but I have always known, deep down, that we would always get through together. And we always have.
Some days navigating this grief feels impossible, it feels to big, too much, to overwhelming but then I remember he is on my side and I know I am going to be ok because right now he is being strong enough for us both.
I am so grateful every day that he is in my corner, fighting for our goals and dreams!
Everyone should have someone like this in their life! I hope you have someone like this.
Cool Things I Found on the Internet
I follow this lady, I love her videos, they always make me think. This one stood out for me! If you read Eve’s weekly newsletter, you will notice a lot of overlap – lol – we share a lot.
In this video she talks about how we judge ourselves on our INTENTIONS but we judge others on the CONSEQUENCES. It helps to explain a lot (especially the US elections) and reframes things so simply but so powerful.
This weeks pretty picture.
Wise Words of the Week
“Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow for intimate connection without dissolving or losing one’s sense of self” – Amy Bloom
