Cool and Quiet Fish. That's me.

My Many Colored Days.. By Dr. Seuss

Some days are yellow.
Some are blue.
On different days I'm different too.
You'd be surprised how many ways
I change on Different Colored Days.

On Bright Red Days how good it feels
to be a horse and kick my heels!

On other days I'm other things.
On Bright Blue Days I flap my wings.

Some days, of course, feel sort of Brown.
Then I feel slow and low, low down.

Then comes a Yellow Day and Wheeee!
I am a busy, buzzy bee.

Gray Day....Everything is gray.
I watch. But nothing moves today.

Then all of a sudden I'm a circus seal!
On my Orange Days that's how I feel.

Green Days. Deep deep in the sea.
Cool and quiet fish. That's me.

On Purple Days I'm sad. I groan.
I drag my tail. I walk alone.

But when my days are Happy Pink
it's great to jump and just not think.

Then come my Black Days. MAD. And loud.

I howl. I growl at every cloud.

Then comes a Mixed-Up Day. And WHAM!

I don't know who or what I am!

But it all turns out all right, you see.

And I go back to being...me.

I read this with my kids last night. It's one of my favorite books, but last night, for some reason I had to read it a few times. I have found in life you can go through the motions and put on a sugar coated smile and life is great. I mean, it's great anyway, but I try really hard to be in tune with how I am feeling. To be present. And honestly everyday is different. Sometimes every hour. Being a mother is part of that. The moods of each person in the family attribute to that and how much you all slept, or didn't sleep. I try to address emotions and circumstances individually. To not let the hustle and bustle numb me to life and moments and feelings. To be fluid with each experience. It's very hard though and I know many people that are much better at it than I, those are people I find myself drawn to. Finding center is part of my journey. To be the opposite of numb. I want to teach my kids to not push aside their experiences and to be in tune with their body and minds and to fully feel life. To have the spirit touch them and feel highs and lows and inspiration. To be comfortable with that.

Well anyway~ Here are some recent pictures I took of Miss Lou when she was being particularly colorful one day. Can you believe she's 18 months old this month? Um, I can't.