May Day
May 1st is known as May Day. One of the most popularly known May Day traditions is to hang a basket full of spring flowers and/or other small gifts on a neighbor's doorknob. The trick is you don't want the neighbor to see you! If you get caught, you are supposed to get a kiss.
I honestly have never did much to prepare for May Day. It seems to sneak up on me each year. I am just not good with holidays that are the beginning of the month. I need a few days warning that the month has changed and a special day is coming. I have never taken May Day baskets to school for my kids to hand out. The kids and I have brought treats to friend’s houses, rang the door bell and ran, but I am sure that it was not a planned event, it was more of a “Oh, it is May Day – Let’s do something fun.”
I think some of the best memories and surprises are the ones that are not planned out, they are just spur of the moment ideas to bless someone else’s day.
Blessings
Robin
Thursday, April 30, 2009
April 30 - Time
“Since time is one immaterial object which we
Cannot influence –
neither speed up or slow down,
Add to nor diminish
– it is an imponderably valuable gift.”
- Maya Angelou
Cannot influence –
neither speed up or slow down,
Add to nor diminish
– it is an imponderably valuable gift.”
- Maya Angelou
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
April 29 - blessings
Yesterday’s blessing received more feedback that any other blessing to date. I am glad that the message was positive and timely for so many of you. I know that God guided me in the Blessings last night.
Andrew and I were talking about this tonight and he comment on how wonderful God is to take something negative and make it a Blessings.
I do want to clear up one concern. No one on the Blessings distribution list offended me or hurt me in anyway. You are all my friends and I value my relationship with each of you. Thank you for being part of my life.
Blessings
Robin
Andrew and I were talking about this tonight and he comment on how wonderful God is to take something negative and make it a Blessings.
I do want to clear up one concern. No one on the Blessings distribution list offended me or hurt me in anyway. You are all my friends and I value my relationship with each of you. Thank you for being part of my life.
Blessings
Robin
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
April 28 - Overcome evil with Good
Tonight, I someone did something to me that was not very nice. I wrote my blessing for the night about the event that took place. It felt good to write about it, but after it was completed, I then decided that I needed to pray, wait and pray a little more, before sending out the Blessings that I wrote.
So, what to write? I flipped open one of my resources and read Romans 12:17–21.
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[d]says the Lord. 20On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[e] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. ~Romans 12: 17 – 21
After reading this scripture, I am so glad that I decided to wait to send out my original Blessings about the events of the evening. I have a lot to think about. Originally, I thought I would do nothing, but pray for the person that did this to me. Now after reading the scripture, I think I need to cook for them and bring her a bottle of wine.
Overcome evil with good!
So, what to write? I flipped open one of my resources and read Romans 12:17–21.
17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"[d]says the Lord. 20On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."[e] 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. ~Romans 12: 17 – 21
After reading this scripture, I am so glad that I decided to wait to send out my original Blessings about the events of the evening. I have a lot to think about. Originally, I thought I would do nothing, but pray for the person that did this to me. Now after reading the scripture, I think I need to cook for them and bring her a bottle of wine.
Overcome evil with good!
Monday, April 27, 2009
April 27 - Pregnancy
Pregnancy
Tonight, I chatted with a friend’s daughter, who is eight months pregnant. She is ready to have the baby and the sooner the better. This brought back memories for me of my pregnancies.
It has been over a decade since I was pregnant, but I remember it like yesterday. I loved the feeling of having my baby with me day and night. I do remember wishing for the pregnancy to be over, but I believe that as mothers we have to get so miserable at the end of our pregnancy that we are willing to do whatever it takes to deliver the precious gift of a child.
I will never forget the feeling of separation from Morgan, shortly after her birth. Todd went with her and the nurse to the nursery. I was left in my room with my diet coke (you can see that this addition to diet coke has been going on for a long time). I place my hand on my stomach as I had done for the past months and she was gone. I had learned to love the feeling of having my baby with me at all times. I had just given birth to a beautiful child, but I immediately felt empty when she was away from me.
I loved pregnancy, because I was with my child 100 percent of the time, but that is not possible in life. I realized as I matured as a mother that the feeling of emptiness would come back time and time again – The first day at daycare, the first day of school, the first day of summer camp, the first sleep over and now as my baby girl looks into the future it is only a year before she looks at the next stage of independence – college. I am sure that I will have that feeling of emptiness all over again, but this stage will be over and it is time to move on to the next one.
I am not be able to be with my children 100 percent of the time like we were in the beginning, but no matter what we will always have a special bond of mother and child.
Blessings
Robin
Tonight, I chatted with a friend’s daughter, who is eight months pregnant. She is ready to have the baby and the sooner the better. This brought back memories for me of my pregnancies.
It has been over a decade since I was pregnant, but I remember it like yesterday. I loved the feeling of having my baby with me day and night. I do remember wishing for the pregnancy to be over, but I believe that as mothers we have to get so miserable at the end of our pregnancy that we are willing to do whatever it takes to deliver the precious gift of a child.
I will never forget the feeling of separation from Morgan, shortly after her birth. Todd went with her and the nurse to the nursery. I was left in my room with my diet coke (you can see that this addition to diet coke has been going on for a long time). I place my hand on my stomach as I had done for the past months and she was gone. I had learned to love the feeling of having my baby with me at all times. I had just given birth to a beautiful child, but I immediately felt empty when she was away from me.
I loved pregnancy, because I was with my child 100 percent of the time, but that is not possible in life. I realized as I matured as a mother that the feeling of emptiness would come back time and time again – The first day at daycare, the first day of school, the first day of summer camp, the first sleep over and now as my baby girl looks into the future it is only a year before she looks at the next stage of independence – college. I am sure that I will have that feeling of emptiness all over again, but this stage will be over and it is time to move on to the next one.
I am not be able to be with my children 100 percent of the time like we were in the beginning, but no matter what we will always have a special bond of mother and child.
Blessings
Robin
Sunday, April 26, 2009
April 26 - Normal
Normal?
“No one is normal!
Only the people
that you do not know very well
appear to be normal.”
- Wm Paul Young The Shack
What is normal anyway? I thought I had a normal life, until I became a Unit Manager at the age of twenty-two. All of a sudden I was responsible for a staff of thirty people and they openly shared information with me about their lives and families. I soon learned that my sheltered life growing up in central South Dakota was no where close to normal. Today, I realize and understand that normal is different for everyone.
Blessings
Robin
“No one is normal!
Only the people
that you do not know very well
appear to be normal.”
- Wm Paul Young The Shack
What is normal anyway? I thought I had a normal life, until I became a Unit Manager at the age of twenty-two. All of a sudden I was responsible for a staff of thirty people and they openly shared information with me about their lives and families. I soon learned that my sheltered life growing up in central South Dakota was no where close to normal. Today, I realize and understand that normal is different for everyone.
Blessings
Robin
Saturday, April 25, 2009
April 25 - Mom birthday
A person of sixty-five
has spent twenty years in bed
and over three years in eating.- Arnold Bennett
Today, my mom turned sixty-five years young. I am sure that she has enjoyed all twenty years of sleep and the three years of eating.
has spent twenty years in bed
and over three years in eating.- Arnold Bennett
Today, my mom turned sixty-five years young. I am sure that she has enjoyed all twenty years of sleep and the three years of eating.
I wonder how many years she has spent having coffee with friends?
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