Thought Salad

Tag: moments

  • Thanksgiving 

    This weekend is one of remembrance and family for me. For many people in North America and around the world, it also leads into the holiday season in the Christian world. As the leaves turn shades of gold and russet, the weather chills and the smell of decaying leaves and dirt surrounds me.  I picked the…

  • The real me

    I’ve never been accused  of being fashionable.  My hair has always been  too unruly,  my taste in clothing  a little too comfortable. I like eating,  a little too much for a perfect figure, And laugh way too loud  at my own jokes. I cry at commercials  and blush at the drop of a hat. I…

  • Photographs

    Sometimes life is a challenge, and sometimes it’s truly amazing, and sometimes you slide into reflection accidentally.  I was on Facebook, doing what you do with Facebook when I came upon an article-  10 times your parents were cooler than you are. I looked at the pictures from the sixties, seventies and eighties. A wave…

  • Internal motivation 

    What drives you? Where does your interest lie? Could you work all day? Or would it make you cry? What makes you get up and out of bed? Is it the lure of the dollar, or a desperate need for bread? Is each day a struggle to fulfill a basic need? Or is it a…

  • Runner

    I’ve never thought of myself  as an athlete,  A little too slow, a little too soft. But I love to run, Feel my heart pumping Muscles working, The ache of a job well done. The calm that descends  in the middle of a run, The peace that follows a cool down. The slap, slap, slap …

  • Popular

    I remember what the word meant as a kid, as a teenager, even as a young adult. Popular was something everyone wanted,  consciously or otherwise.  It didn’t matter what group you ran with, you wanted to be liked, to be noticed,  but in a good way. It doesn’t even matter what generation you’re from.  We…

  • Golden

    I feel so complete today. Overwhelmed with joy, Full of gratitude.  The circle of life In the world around me. The sun on golden trees, Scent of fall in the air My child’s soft curls On my shoulder, Warm in the late afternoon. My love beside me, As perfect as at the beginning. My creation…

  • Launch

    Seventeen days left.  I haven’t slept well in over a week, and I realize now,  a little too late,  that I should not be doing a preorder for my own sanity. My first launch.  It feels a little like waiting to see my baby for the first time. What will they be like? Will they…

  • Fast forward

    Today I was struck by how focused I’ve been this month.  I’ve had a million things happening and I was scattered to the four winds,  but I had the last few days where things seemed to  Pause  And I realized how much I’ve gotten done while feeling completely overwhelmed, sinking with my obligations. Today my…

  • The Centre of the Universe

    I watch my little one, So sure of his importance, He’s genuinely confused  when he doesn’t get his way, Disbelief filling his face  when he hears a solid no. My little planet,  thinking he’s a sun,  everything should revolve around him. He’s starting to realize  life isn’t what he thinks it should be, a hard…