Say It

I love…

Emmett’s little smile in his kindergarten photos

The mountains 

Martin & stone fired pizza at Mazz

 

SMILE

No cavities club at the dentist today

Lone Star tacos for dinner

Squeeze the lime

Martin dropped off all the ski stuff for the ski swap Friday

 

Remote

Work setup 

 

PTC

First parent teacher conferences at Skyline

For Divy were tonight 

We stopped by his last class of Tae Kwon Do before his black belt test on Friday

And ate dinner at Chic-fila after 

Picking up Fritz from Naughty Pet Club where he ate rocks 

 

Red Butte Creek

Guten Morgen

Sunshine

Bonneville Shoreline Trail

At sunrise 

To Red Butte Creek and back

 

Morning Riders

MTB ride this morning 

With Fritz

And Martin 

Before I went to set up for a pool bbq party for the Al-anon family group

 

9-11

I will always remember 

25 Years Ago

On 9-11

When the world was changed forever 

Never forget

Who you called when it happened

This generation was not even born yet 

 

Bridal Showers

GNO Edition

Hannah

Nicole’s Daughter

Is getting married next month in Spain

Nicole hosted a bridal shower

Tonight

And made there 3 salads 

And party favors

 

Who Am I?

Who am I when I’m not who everyone needs me to be?

What makes me FEEL like me?

Being outdoors!

Traveling 

 Riding bikes

Reading 

Making things

Music

Learning

Adventure

Beauty

Dancing

Writing

Conversing 

Freedom

Friendship 

Whiskers on Dogs

When the dog bites 

When the termites invade

When I’m feeling sad 

I simply remember 

My favorite things 

And then I don’t feel so bad 

 

Things I Like

On my 54th birthday

 I love my family 

Markus & Sam

Max & Preslee 

Martin and the cake he bought at Tulie’s

Monet and this Darlin hat she gave me

I like celebrating Labor Day with a day off work

I like Marilee’s hugs and the beautiful sapphire she gave me

During brunch on the patio at Ruth’s Diner, I was thinking about an email I read recently that asked a surpassingly difficult question: What do you like?

Not what are the boys doing

Not what does Martin like

Not what makes sense at work

Not what can everyone agree on

What do I like? 

Where would I go if no one else got to pick?

On a morning bike ride on this beautiful day

What would I do with a birthday afternoon that belongs entirely to me? 

reading in the shade of our trees was just what I needed to rela

What would I learn even if I would never turn it into something useful?

Piano - I just completed the courses in Simply Piano and it felt so good just do something for fun

For years many of my choices have been organized around the people I love and the responsibilities I have had 

I’ve been creating my own inventory of values and characteristics which has been teaching me that the roles I play aren’t the same as who I actually am as far as interests and desires and preferences. That moment when the roles are still there and the woman inside them remembers: the rest is still unwritten