Roots (5 Minute Friday)

The rules for 5 Minute Friday are simple:  Write on a given topic for five good minutes.  Then, let it loose into the world.  No editing, no revisions.  Just write and share and connect.  So here it is, fresh from my mind...5 minutes, free from edits on the topic of :

ROOTS

I'm typing in near-darkness, so as not to disturb the camp-out taking place on my living room floor. 
Tonight my pajama clad girlies are snuggled up for a slumber party ... just the two of them.  These are the moments I hope that they remember.  Little, created moments of joy and laughter and fun at home.  These are the times I want them to smile about as they sit together, twenty years down the road, sipping on coffee. 

Sisters first, friends always.  Roots that are growing from the love we're planting in the this house...and in this home.  I hope they remember this, someday.

5 Minute Fridays {Ordinary}

*On Fridays, the Gypsy Mama hosts "5 Minute Fridays" - a prompt to write on a topic for just five minutes.  No editing.  No second guessing.  Just writing. So here's my five minutes on:
Ordinary

It seems that maybe...just maybe....ordinary is a matter of perspective.

Because when I think about my life in terms of:
loads of laundry, 
piles of dishes, 
floors that need sweeping, 
furniture that needs dusting,
and bedrooms that need cleaning,
....then yes, my life seems pretty ordinary.  

But what if I shift my perspective? What if I think about the OTHER things that are typically a part of my day:
an amazing husband, who works hard each day for his family;
two lovely daughters, gracing me with their smiles and giggles;
friends and family who are there when I call; 
a house to keep us protected;
and always, always enough of what we need,
....then our life is no longer ordinary.

It is completely and wonderfully EXTRAORDINARY. 

Full

Our summer has been full.

Filled up.

Overflowing.

Full.



But at some moments, I wonder, "Has it been TOO full?  Should we have scaled back?  Had more downtime?"  

But what would I eliminate?  Our amazing VBS?  Watching Lil' N take on soccer?  Parties with family and friends?  Our family vacation?  Swimming in our pool?  Roasting marshmallow?  

I would take nothing back.  Because the summer has been perfectly, overflowingly, full.


Just the way summer should be.  Just the way life should be.  Just the way my heart should be.  

Linking up with the Gypsy Mama for 5 Minute Friday:  5 minutes of writing with no editing, tweaking or self critiquing.