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“My life is my message.” Mahatma Gandhi
I seem to have a re-current theme in my 365, and that is quite a few photos of me with my grandkids . . . I have this very strong drive to spend time with them, to make sure they know they are cherished and loved and valued. In actuality, all my Grandkids are fortunate to have many loving and supportive people in their lives. I happen to be just one of them . . . but do not live close to any of them. I don’t want distance to be an excuse for them not knowing me, and me not knowing them. Therefore, I go out of my way to include myself in their lives. I suppose it could be said that I never felt “special” when I was growing up as one of seven children. Well, that’s life, and it’s all just an excuse. I don’t need an excuse to spend time with my kids and Grandkids . . . it’s what I put out there that counts. I give them my time and my love . . .
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“That’s the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.” Walt Disney
I drove out to the beach today as I thought it would be cooler than staying here where it’s getting in to the 90’s this weekend. Of course, everybody and their neighbor thought it was a great idea too! It was a challenge to find a beach with close enough parking for me and the little one to walk. I did finally find good parking at San Gregorio Beach just south of Half Moon Bay. It was actually the perfect beach because of the little bay with a sand spit between it and the ocean. Baby girl was elated at the opportunity to play in the sand, get her feet wet, then venture further out where she could actually dunk herself completely. This little doll is not afraid of the water!
I had to finally drag her back to shore as she was getting a bit too far out for my comfort. As it was just the two of us, and there were tons of people at the beach, I wasn’t very confident in leaving my camera and purse on the beach while I went in to play with her. So . . . sadly her fun had to end. She cried all the way back to the car! I felt so bad . . . however as soon as I got a bottle of water out to wash her down and change her in to dry clothes, she was happy again.
If only we could just stay young and not have to worry about responsibility and just live life as we see fit. She was having so much fun . . . screeching for joy every time she dunked herself in the water. Truly, it was precious.
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“Taking ‘you’ time is crucial and should be guilt free!” Alice D. Domar, Phd
I arrived at my Daughter’s in the San Francisco Bay Area last night. Temps here are in the high 80’s to mid 90’s. It’s warm! First order of business . . . a pedicure so I can wear my sandals without shame! Seriously overdue, and felt so good to sit back and vegetate for an hour doing nothing. ahhhhhhh!!!!!!
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“A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.” Lois Wyse
One of the most joyful things in my life these days is waking up in the morning with a Little snuggled in to me! I’m at my Son’s in Oregon, and am up first thing this morning to drive 12 hours to the San Francisco Bay Area to visit more grandkids. I didn’t want to get up too early though, and not say goodbye to my Granddaughter. She’s been sleeping with me every night since I arrived in Oregon. So how special was it to wake up and find her snuggled right in to me? I used my iPad to carefully snap this shot . . . so as not to wake her. I might have said this before . . . but I love my life!
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“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.” Friedrich Nietzche
I’m hanging out with my granddaughter, playing in the pool and just being goofy. We had been to a Ren Faire where the Queen bestowed this beautiful golden necklace on her . . . so she bestowed it upon me! I love being a Grandmother!
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INFRARED – in-fra-red http://flircam.omsi.edu/local/viewer/cam.html
I’m in Oregon visiting my Son and his family. We’re visiting the O.M.S.I which is a fascinating museum downtown Portland. We walked through this infra-red exhibit and I immediately saw my 365 Portrait for the day! That’s my Daughter-in-law on the left, my granddaughter, and then myself assuming the Photographer’s Pose.
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“I don’t think I will ever get tired of wearing pink.” Emma Bunton
My Granddaughter is almost five years old . . . and she loves pink! I rarely see her in any other colour. She told me once that she dreams in pink! I just love her sweet innocent exuberance and enthusiasm for life. Oh how I wish I could preserve that for her, store some away for a time when she will need to stock up on it . . . refresh the coffers. Wouldn’t it be great to just be able to go back to that time in life when we believed that the world was a perfect place? Even for a few minutes? Ahh . . . I guess that’s why we have Grandchildren . . . I know I sure get my coffers filled when I’ve been around them!
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“Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.” Red Skelton
My Four and a half year old Grand Daughter is in the house! She asked me to read her a bed time story . . . this one was a compilation of about 20 different Princess stories. Of course she wanted me to read them all! So I gave her a choice of four, and I think we ended up with six. Anything to stall bedtime eh? She finally went to sleep about 10pm, two hours past her normal bedtime. Oh well, what happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s . . . right??
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Nurture Self 365 