The days and months seem to go by so quickly that a week or two pass before I realize that I've neglected my blog again. I have good intentions to journal...document...share...blog...but let's face it there are a million things I'd like to do...and a million things that I actually need to do. I really need to make blogging more of a priority though cause I know even as I look back at old posts I've written I love that I've recorded something about our life.
Since I haven't added anymore posts to my "30 things" I thought I would pick another topic to share about today. So here it goes....
"What are 5 passions you have?"
1. I'll start with an obvious one...Being Creative! This takes many forms in my life...scrapbooking, photography, painting furniture, making necklaces.... I honestly feel that being creative is important. It is my outlet when I am feeling run down and needing a break, it allows me to develop my talents more and improve on myself and just makes me happy. I can feel the difference when I neglect this part of who I am. I sometimes feel like my creative passion is all over the place, but I love that as I try new things I discover new areas that bring me happiness. It doesn't just have to be one way of creating, but all these different outlets strengthen and build me up.
A few weeks ago a friend asked me to make some little girl necklaces for her and I loved how it pushed me to create something different than I normally create. I was inspired by all the cute ribbon necklaces I had seen around, but it was so much fun to try something new. Who says you have to do things the same all the time?? Change it up and push yourself...you never know what you might discover!
2. Another "passion" I have is food. And not really that I love it or need it, but more of the quality and knowledge of it. It really all started when I surprisingly became pregnant and discovered that food made me sooo sick. I should really say "fast food" made me sick. The thought of eating something greasy really grossed me out...and still to this day I have a hard time eating that way. So for the most part I don't. I just stay away. Talking to one of my besties, I started to learn all about health, exercise, healthy eating habits and I loved it. She totally inspired me to really learn and read more about "clean eating" and the benefits it has for your body. I quickly saw how it helped me to get in better shape and how it made me feel so much better. To this day if I'm eating junk...even if it's just one day...I notice. My hubby probably gets sick of hearing me talk about food, but it's really become more of an obsession than a passion...haha! And don't get me wrong...you will still see me eating cupcakes and all that yummy stuff, but I just feel more enlightened on the power of healthy eating and it's importance.
One of my favourite "clean eating" inspirations is
Tosca Reno and all her "clean eating diet" books. I seriously LOVE those books!! I own a bunch of them...and I even have a couple of her cookbooks. I highly recommend them if you're looking for something to read in the healthy eating department. :)
3. Depending on what I'm struggling with in life really determines what I'm passionate about at the time...so something I became passionate about is adoption. I guess this one is obvious for many reasons, but one of the most touching things about adoption and I guess what I'm most passionate about is the selfless love that is present. The actual experience is a demonstration of sacrifice...putting someone else before your own wants and needs and having an incredible amount of faith and trust. I saw in our experience how our birth mom loved Ryker so very much and was so willing to do the very best for him even when she was struggling through heartbreak. I think of our Heavenly Father and His love for each of us...how He was very near during those difficult moments comforting each of us through our pain and longing of wanting a child and placing a child. And how together we answered each others prayers and became a family...all of us. I know this one is deep...but this kind of love is strong and special...I am incredibly grateful for the strength I gained through this experience in my life. I know that adoption isn't always the answer for everyone, but I am so thankful for a beautiful young woman who followed the feelings of the spirit and her heart and made a very difficult decision because of the love she had for her baby.
Okay...this list is really hard. I think I'm getting too deep. I really should lighten up a bit.
4. Do Mondays count as something i'm passionate about??? It's true though. I love Mondays! When I worked this was not the case because Monday meant it was back to work and I really just wanted to be at home. Now that I have kids I love Mondays! I love that after a usually crazy weekend I can spend Monday getting everything back to normal around the house. Everyone is back to work and school and I can do my thing at home. I have become such a routined person...which is sometimes difficult for my hubby, but I love my daily routine...and my Monday routine. It makes me feel more in control of my life. And I need that where ever I can get it!! hehe!!
5. This last one probably goes along with my first passion, but I think it's important. Recording and documenting life. I often struggle with this myself, but it's something I am trying to do. I have a bunch of different ways I do this...and I should add I am going beyond scrapbooking cause that only happens here and there...but I classify this as "calendaring, journaling, project life, special keepsake books I have for the boys,scrapbooking, etc..etc..etc.." This one takes all kinds of forms.
Heidi Swapp always says something like this, "If you don't record it, it's as if it never happened!" That has always stuck with me, because there are so many things I always tell myself that I will never forget and then a day or two...or a week, month, year passes and I can't remember for the life of me what that unforgettable thing was. Does that ever happen to you?? It happens to me and makes me wish I was doing a better job of documenting our lives. Sometimes life is routine and boring and there really isn't anything exciting to write down, but I know that years from now it will be of worth. I know I've shared this here before, but Cody's mom kept a journal for many years. Sometimes the entries were short...with maybe a sentence or two, but it is such a treasure to read through twenty or thirty years later. Each page is special to Cody and his siblings because those writings come directly from their mom who suddenly passed away when they were young and they would never have known many of the the details and memories she shared otherwise. It's priceless. It didn't cost any money...it really wasn't hard to do...it just took a little bit of time everyday or sometimes every other day to write down a little story or thought and I always think..."I can do that." But...I need to be soooo much better.
This post literally took me weeks to figure out. I thought and thought about what my passions were and seemed to have a harder time with it than it should have been. But, I'm also glad for the chance to contemplate this topic. To think about what is important to me. Being a mom and wife is one of my greatest passions...and I hope that one day when my family reads this entry they will know these things about me already and think "that is so my mom!"..."she really loved doing that"...or "I remember that about her!" And if not...then here it is for them to read!! hehe!!
K :)
