The true harvest of my life is intangible- A little star dust caught, A portion of the rainbow I have clutched. Henry David Thoreau

This picture describes our  day month to perfection.  We have had a mix of bad and good, and deciding what we are going to focus on has been essential. Like watching a tennis match, life has been a back and forth game for us lately.   We are feeling like every time we know which way things are going to go, …

"You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow, they will be a little older then they were today. This day is a gift, breathe and notice, smell and touch them; study their face and little feet and pay attention. RELISH THE CHARMS of THE PRESENT. Enjoy today Momma, it will be over before you know…

All five of us have a stomach bug. A miserable, lousy, horrible, no good, very bad flu. We will be back to real life another day, but today will be full of naps, movies, laundry and dreaming of feeling better.

My Mother's Day was amazing.  I woke up to a little girl handing me breakfast in bed.  Aliya remembered all by herself that it was Mother's Day. She went downstairs, poured a bowl of fruit loops and milk and brought them up to me.  She was so proud of herself and she made me feel so loved. …