It's been a long time coming

FINALLY! 

It's all coming together.. I'm starting to feel at home here in colorful ColoRADo. 

I have made peace with loosing all of the titles that society tries to tell you are important. I've let go of the unrealistic, self imposed standards of perfection I'd set for myself and my family and have replaced them with more useful things like attention to detail and taking ownership. I've learned that parenting is a full time opportunity and with that opportunity the possibilities are endless. 

Although, I miss my priceless friends back east I treasure the amazing new loves that God has blessed me with. I have total peace that I am in the right place and that this is home.

It's fun to experience life on the mommy-go-round, it may be little hard to hang on at times but it's always a good time.

~pekaG

What a difference a day makes.

I wanted so badly my first post to be something memorable and profound, you know something that will stop you in your tracks and make you question your existence. Then life happend this past week and everyday I woke up thankful to be alive with a renewed passion for living.

Here is a quick recap:

Monday - I was hopeful that we would make it home as the new year hit. We spent the day (and night) across the country in snow storm at 40 mph - which somehow added 6 hours to our eta and we ended up making it home at sunrise. Thankful to have made it home safely.

Tuesday - I was so tired but filled with so much hope for a fresh start. I spent the day recuperating from the 24 hour drive and thankful for the time spent with family and the precious priceless moments we shared.

Wednesday - I was whooped! I spent the day recuperating from food poisoning from the previous night. Thankful that I have a fast healing body!

Thursday - Spent the day praying for my family and playing catch up for missing the last 2 days to recuperation. Thankful that I felt like my old self.

Friday - My uncle passed away. I Spent the day being thankful for the promise of eternal life that God has blessed me with, the friends and family that I have that love and care about me and the legacy that I will leave.

Saturday - I had to make good on a promise. I spend the day with my world changers taking #4 to breakfast and to a doll shop, #2 to practice lacrosse, #1 to clean out the storage space for his wrestling team's concession stand and then back home to help daddy who was helping #3 recover from a sick belly. Thankful that my children are such a blessing and that my husband is the best dad ever.

Which brings me to today which is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives around me again, to be a good example to my children again, to be a loving wife and trusty companion again.

-pekaG