Leaves

I have been MIA. I stay grounded most of the time and while I seem to be just one skip and a jump ahead of the next project, I gave up this week and just slacked. I have been thinking alot about my family, especially the women that make up my family and I realize and I am thankful to be part of a family full of strong independant women. My grandmother was the best woman I have ever known. I came to realize this week that the reason that my mother is such a wonderful person is because of her mother. I am so proud to know that I come from a long line of wonderful women. My grandma, my mom, my aunts are all the best! I realize that part of what makes us great is traits that are passed down to us from those people in our lives that influence us. I reflected alot on my childhood and how happy those women made it for me. I want to pass on those traits to my children and live as happy as I did in my childhood.

My favorite childhood memory is raking leaves at my grandma's house. I still hear her laugh and remember how she would jump and bounce around in the leaves with me. I realize that I am part of a different generation that seems to be preoccupied with being busy and not taking the time to jump through the leaves with children. This past Friday I dedicated my whole day to my children and tried to live as carefree as they deserve to. We spent the morning raking leaves and then dashing and jumping through them until they were scattered all over the yard again.

I pray that my children will remember my mother and myself as strong women that knew how to forget the cares of the world and just have fun.