This room makes me want to have quadruplets...




house of turquoise



two good moments today

• School started back in Summerville today.  I was stopped in traffic in front of our neighborhood elementary school watching all of the adorable and eager kids walking across the parking lot towards their first day.  I spotted a dad, in his army fatigues, carrying a baby in one arm and a video camera in the other.  He was video taping his daughter, i'm assuming a first grader, in her cute little dress and blonde hair walking into her first day of school.  It was such a precious moment and true representation of parenthood - especially for this moment our country's history.  I had to wonder if dad had recently returned from overseas or maybe he was about to leave.  You never know.  And regardless, I had to choke back the tears. 

• On my lunch break, I was driving through the College of Charleston campus and saw a young boy and girl (18/19ish).  They were standing behind a car, maybe coming or maybe going, but she dropped her bag and leaped into his arms.  He scooped her off the ground and they must have hugged like that for a good thirty seconds. Normally, I would have had thoughts like "gag me".  But for some reason today I embraced witnessing that sweet moment between two young people in love.  It made me a little jealous that John and I don't hug like that anymore.  Jealous enough that I might just try it tonight! 

I have said before that I do not know

what the most important lesson is that I will ever teach my children.

I do know that when they are older and telling their own children about

their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the

storm, and when the wind did not blow her way...

she adjusted her sails.
 
-- Elizabeth Edwards
 
 
* I snagged this quote from a good friend who has been facing some challenging winds lately.  She is a strong lady who lives this quote and I am inspired by it.