Embracing change {seeing colour}

This year I made a wish for one thing. One big thing. But I didn't give my wish clarity. I did give it my heart.

The universe has responded with lashings of support and an abundance of wishful wonder. So much so it gave me four things in response to my one wish. Four things piled on top of each other and alongside each other and fighting for moments all at the same time.

And it's left me feeling oh-so-grateful, refreshed, excited and dizzy and cloudy-headed at the same time. So, I find myself seeking clarity and re-introducing myself to slow lately.

It's as though when the season changed to Autumn, a shift occurred within me and around me too.

And so I've retreated to nature {with my camera} these past weeks to walk in the grass, feel the leaves, really notice the colours around me and look up through the tree branches, but mostly to find clarity and embrace change. Miss three has collected leaves in every colour she could find. And it feels as though the changing colours of those Autumn leaves are telling me my story.

xx

{Gratitude for wishes come true, clarity, change embraced and seeing Autumn colour. Joining the gratitude community at Maxabella's 52 Weeks of Grateful. Elisa x}

Have you made a wish lately? What are you most grateful for this week?

Then & now

It seems a lifetime ago that I wasn't a mother. But really it's just three point five years. Life was so very different. I was making changes, heading in the direction my heart is now. Thinking about where I wanted to be, and wondering how life would unravel.

A part of me still wonders about the path my heart chooses, while a part of me tries to soak in life just as it is and not look further than the now.

Balance is tricky. And it's something I'm constantly working at. Some days it feels like I have it sorted, other days it's a little of a mess. But as I move forward and return to work part-time I find I'm reminding myself to witness where I am at any given day, accept that some days will be more productive than others and to stop more often amid the messiness and busy times to just be.

Making it all work is challenging but even on the harder days I'm telling myself that I am indeed making it work and creating {thanks to much support & love} a life I adore.

xx


{When things have got busy these past couple weeks, we've stopped to head outdoors and look up at these golden leaves above. Oh, and I was over at Bec's At Penny Lane on Sunday for her Mums Making It Work series talking a little more about life then & now. Elisa xx}

Do you look back at life then & now? And do you find yourself stopping amid busy times to just be?

Being Mamma

I really love that word: Mamma. It's sound and it's meaning. But especially hearing it from my girls.

Both times before conceiving our girls I yearned for them, dreamt about them and gave thanks to the universe when they arrived.

Yesterday at little miss three's pre-school I was treated to a cupcake {decorated by my girls} and some hair styling at the kinder's hair salon to celebrate Mother's Day {this Sunday here}. I kept thinking how amazing and fun being Mamma to my girls is.
Being a mother has shown me a new kind of love. A love that grows and grows and
expands from deep inside me and extends further in each moment of each day as my babies grow. For that love {the love we share} I have gratitude, joy and so much wonder.

But I'm grateful too for the way motherhood challenges me, invites me to grow and teaches me a little more about the me I want to be each day.

xx

~ Joining the gratitude community at Maxabella's 52 Weeks of Grateful x

*pic of my gorgeous girls doing my hair and pampering me at kinder Mother's Day celebrations yesterday.


What are you most grateful for right now? x

 

Little moments {that are big to my heart}

Little things are making me happy this week. It's always the little things, isn't it? Or maybe the little things are the big things. I say they're little because mostly they're just fleeting moments or thoughts, or just one minute of my whole day and sometimes everyday ordinary experiences... but to my heart, they feel big. And in my mind, I try to lock away that feeling and hold onto moments and memories in the hope they may forever feel new.

... A trip to the park with just the little girl. Her strength and determination to climb the ladder, and her excitement at going down the big slide on her own. Those big eyes shining even brighter and bigger, her cherub face bursting into that one-dimple smile.

... Stopping in my tracks to look down {when always I look up}. Feeling grounded, connected and happy with my place right now, right here in this world.

... Cloud watching in the morning, and spotting that same funny vertical cloud hours later in the afternoon. Being reminded that sometimes things change quickly before you get a chance to fully appreciate them. Giving thanks for opportunities and experiences that get to be witnessed, enjoyed and experienced a second time, and sometimes again and again.

... Miss three and I looking at ourselves cheek-to-cheek in the mirror. Laughing together. Holding hands. Brushing each other's hair. Consciously stepping back for a moment to really see her, to really listen and take her in.

... A shift in my mindset allowing new possibilities to enter my world. Then accepting new opportunities, and giving thanks.

... And after a day of tantrums came these words from miss three: "You're the goodest, bestest beautiful mummy I've ever heard."

xx

What little moments feel big to your heart right now?

 

The day-time moon {meant to be}

 

This week I left home on a surprise visit to hubby's work at the time little miss three and little miss 18 months would normally be going down for a nap. As we drove away from home I questioned what I was thinking, but kept driving anyway. The girls were happy, and didn’t look one bit sleepy when they normally would.

As I drove I looked out at the road before me, to the hills and the dark trees standing strong against a blue and stretched-cloud sky. And that’s when I saw it. The moon. Three quarter’s full, high in the sky and standing bright and proud, as though it was exactly where it was meant to be at this very moment.

I pointed out the moon to miss three: “But mummy, the moon is meant to be asleep! Silly moon. It forgot to go to sleep?”
“The moon must be staying up when it normally sleeps. Just like us, we’re normally asleep now. Today’s the moon’s doing something different. Mixing things up a bit...”
Miss three still thought the moon was "being a little silly".

She kept her eyes fixed on the moon. And it followed us for the whole thirty-minute drive away. As if to say, you’re right where you're meant to be at this very moment too. And offering a reminder that what I see, experience and take in is exactly what I’m meant to know and learn and notice... at any given time.

And it was kind of refreshing to throw routine out the window for the day. To see the look of love and surprise on hubby's face as his girls chased each other into his arms. 

And to spot the moon in the day-time sky felt a bit like seeing a rainbow. Full of wonder, amazement and perfect timing. And that feeling that you’re witnessing something special {life} for the first time.

xx

{Joining in with the community at 52 Weeks of Grateful. I'm grateful for the lessons ~ big and small ~ life has been throwing at me lately. Oh, and in case you're wondering, there's definitely no moon in that image! But it is one of my favourite sky images I've taken. Elisa xx}


What do you see when you look to the sky? What draws you in most – the moon, a rainbow, sunshine or clouds dotting a bright blue sky? And are you feeling grateful? xx