Wednesday 16 January 2013

Daily-ness.....

Will I ever learn to love it?  Or, at least be content with it most of the time?  Funny....when I see my daily life through photos, it looks rather beautiful -- even the things that usually bother me like piles of dishes not put away...

or those few shrivelled Christmas oranges that didn't get eaten and are hiding beneath the bananas (i'm Scotch, I hate waste.)

 or boots, shoes, hats, and snowpants decorating the kitchen...
or stacks of puzzle boxes yet to be packed away for another year...

 or completed puzzles stacked (on the piano??)...
or dining room tables that are only elegant as our every day life...

 or more completed puzzles (my husband loves the 3D ones - it's what we do during Christmas holidays) still keeping baby Jesus company half way through January... 

 or piles of paper that show my sketchy attempt at keeping track of the thousands of photographs I am always in the process of backing up and organizing (still using paper in this mess???  that should be an indicator right there.)

Does anyone else have a corner like this one???


I think you know what I'm getting at. Author Katrina Kennison, who practically saved my life while I was mom of 3 little ones aged 3 and under with her book Mitten Strings for God,  wrote another book a few years back entitled The Gift of an Ordinary Day.  This writer is one of my favourites.  I have re-read her books for reminders of her wisdom and for the beautiful images she presses into my soul. (I may actually have Mitten Strings memorized - I've read it for the last 11 years.)   Her words have reminded me to observe the beauty and gleam in every ordinary day.   This week, her most recently published memoir was released called Magical Journey: An apprenticeship in Contentment.  I can't wait to read it and I hope you will too.  More more information or to peek at her blog, please click on the following link:  www.katrinakenison.com

By the way, you might want to try taking some snapshots of your "ordinary day" too.  Maybe you'll be surprised at the beauty you see.





2 comments:

  1. :) your posts always make me smile xoxo

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  2. right back at you!!! (or cry, or laugh, or question, or wonder, or "oooo, ahhhh") You're fabulous h.u.g. !!!

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