Enjoying Colour

Beauty in all its natural glory. 

My son the Actor

It is amazing how your child personality evolves over time. My son is a friendly and happy child. He loves to make people smile and would act the 'clown' if he knows he could get you to smile. He is in that stage where he thinks everything he says is funny and at times I have to ask him to rethink what he said and consider if it was appropriate. This is a work in progress seeing that his age stops him from really understanding the seriousness of his comments.

But just to show how comical he is... when we went to Legoland he put on some expressions that made most people laugh :)

I hope you enjoy these pictures.... I enjoyed taking them.




                                                 The Tourist                  Fighting the Guard

                                           "Give me that!!!"              "Is he still there??"

          "Help Help!!"                                                     WOW!                               Gotta get away!

His animation really made me smile and it made the trip well worth it. 

Mother's Intuition...

Once again I am writing about the importance of listen to that little voice in your head that gives off warning signals that things are not as it should be. Once again I find myself going the extra mile to ease a worrying thought and coming to the conclusion that it was best I acted on it than ignore it.

It has been over 1 year since my son have been taking medication for his night seizures. One year of constantly reminding him of taking it in the morning and night... and one year of him groaning...

"Mom again!!!"
"Mom how long do I have to continue doing this?"
"Mom when can I stop?"

But recently I have noticed that he was very restless at night (going to the bathroom at least 3 times), over tired (falling asleep on the short drive home) and emotionally strung out (getting angry or frustrated for the simplest of things).

To me these were the warning bells. To me this was the signals of something more developing. So on our trip to Ft. Lauderdale, I got the chance to sleep with my son and observe him. Fortunately I got to see how he have been sleeping at night, and unfortunately I realized I have to increase his medication again.

Dylan have started having slight but noticeable tremors (is the best word to describe it). It is not a full-on seizure, but it is, what I consider, the calm before the storm. It is the little tremors before the really big one. So I am now taking the precautionary steps to increase his medication so he does not relapse into seizures.

It is sad that he has to go through this, and it is sad that he may have to stay medicated until puberty, but it is something he has to do and something I have to constantly encourage him to understand.

In all he have shown me his strength and his bravery and I am very proud of him.

 This photo was taken by my very good friend Tami (The Things We Find Inside and Tami Jardine) and I really love how it captures his smile.

My Friend... My Sister

Do you ever meet someone for the first time although they have always been there?
Have you ever really looked and realize you are seeing someone for less than they are worth?
Have you seen through someone although they are right there in front of you?

Sometimes it is easy to take people for granted.
Sometimes it is easy to categorize someone without even really getting to know them.

Have you ever focus so strongly on someone's negative trait and fail to see the positive in them?
Have you ever thrown stones when you have glass windows yourself?

Sometimes I forget that is a journey of self development and the people who come into it leave marks... memories.
Sometimes those people come to mean so much that they become more than a friend... they become a sister.

My mother said that people drift into and out of your life like angels. sometimes their stay is momentarily, sometimes they stay a life-time. For us it has and is a lifetime.

You are someone who can really drive me crazy.
You are someone who can get under my skin with a simple comment.
You are someone who is always in my life.
You can make me cry... but you can dry my tears.
You can listen when I feel as if no-one else does.
You can make me laugh till I want to pee myself.
You can be a mother to my kids.
You can offer advice on things that I take too personal.
You can be there when I most need it.

You are my friend... my sister.

So to all my bitches out there ... ;)  ..... Thank You.

Lost in Translation

Time always changes.

No matter how hard we try to put a routine to it and sometimes control it ... we are all fools to think we can.

It slips out of our fingers... it disappears with the blink of an eye .... and before you even know it .... seconds turns to minutes, turns to hours, turns to days, turns to nights, turns to months, turns to years.

When do you find time for life... for yourself... for your children... for your love?

A moment in time also has the ability to capture an emotion.. a feeling that .... when you recall a time past you can also remember the tears shed, the laughter among friends, the passion enflamed....

Time lets you appreciate life... it lets you hope for a better tomorrow ... it lets you think that tomorrow is a new day ... a Better Day.

Be engulfed by time. Know that it can be your enemy or your friend. Know that you must make the best of what time you have. Know that you only have a little time to love, and not waste time on hate. Spend time on things and people who matter, for they are what make time spent worth reminiscing.

No matter what enjoy it ... embrace it and appreciate the gift of time.

I do.