Hello, sweet readers. Thank you for being here.

Today has been good. My family and I spent some time walking in the woods and in the garden. Spring is right around the corner. I pulled the rest of my Mexican Sunflowers, thinking about how lovely it will be when they sprout again.

I spent some time writing for my new blog. Oh, how I love to write. Sometimes my writing gets tangled up with what I think I “should” do or think. But when I simply write about my thoughts and feelings, it feels wonderful.

It feels good to be yourself, doesn’t it?

This concept of Self has felt strange to me the past few years. I used to think I knew who I was, but now I realize that I didn’t. After an enormous amount of reading, I’ve realized these feelings are quite normal to experience. Another part of the human condition.

Today I’ve contemplated planting peppers under grow lights, and home school items to get in line for the upcoming week. All of these things have felt sacred in some way.

They are sacred because the experience of it all is special and miraculous. The fact that I get to be a wife to my husband and mother to my children? A homemaker and gardener? Simply amazing!

Sometimes I am overwhelmed by feelings of gratitude.

Gratitude for this simple, happy, life. Gratitude for the freedom I feel to be me and to continue growing as a person.

I hope you feel grateful today, too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends.