forgive. be kind. create. be happy. do good. give your best.

"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight: Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God: it was never between you and them anyway."

-- Mother Teresa



hippity hoppity easter's on its way

i dyed easter eggs with sully yesterday.  7 cups with 7 colors all lined in a row and he wanted to dip every egg in every color.  even though all 10 eggs came out in varying shades of puke green with cracks galore, it was the most fun i've ever had decorating easter eggs.  oh the love...

we're heading back to my family home tomorrow.  to celebrate easter.  to celebrate john's birthday.  to hunt easter eggs.  to eat and eat and eat and eat - wagon wheel, cookouts, easter lunch.  mmmmmmm.  i've left a note for the easter bunny so sully is sure to get all of his easter surprises.  it should be a fantastic weekend.  pictures to come.....

happy easter.

what's making me happy

- thoughtful strangers who hold the door.

- the first peek of sunshine after 36 hours of gray and rain.

- sully's hugs. and kisses. and songs. and giggles. and brown eyes.

- homemade chicken salad and mom's spaghetti and meatballs, sitting in my refrigerator.

- the neighborhood mommies that are now my friends.

- witnessing the adoration that my parents feel for my son.

- blooming hydrangeas and fresh herbs that i'll be planting this weekend.

- giving life to dreams. with my husband.

- four friends who are "expecting". two for the first time.

- shopping for easter basket goodies.

- a sister i can laugh with even when the "big c" is staring us down.

- mint and eucalyptus hand soap.

- my stepson getting his second visit from the tooth-fairy.

- salty charleston air.

i want so many of them...

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latest soulshine moment...

sunday morning.  early spring sun pouring in through the multitude of windows in the kitchen/breakfast area.  sliding door open, allowing the cool morning breeze to waft through.  buttery-warm waffles out of the oven.  agave nectar to drizzle on top of them...

and sully, randomly belting out his own version of the "abc's".  a solo first!

come closer -

closer.... a little closer.  i have a secret. 


i. love. spring.

even though, technically, it's not spring yet - but who's getting technical around here anyway - we did spring forward this past weekend.  and, not to gloat, but the weather has been a dream here in charleston for the past week. 


so to celebrate the glorious-ness, my mom and i ventured out to the most ah-mazing nursery - abide a while.  poppies and herbs and hydrangeas, oh my!