Happiness Update

So here's the thing. I'm falling behind in my weeks. I WILL go 52 weeks, but the pressure I'm creating to do it weekly is now having the opposite effect. I have had a stressful month.

A huge assembly for my students to perform Spanish songs.

A fever/cold/virus/stuff for my poor 2 year old for a week. And a mild case of impetigo to boot (skin infection) that we are finally treating.

And it's January. Which means it's the great post-Christmas let down and it's grey outside and it's cold and YUCK. Always hated this month. Still do.

So, I haven't posted because it's much more stressful than it is happy. Defeating the purpose completely.

I'll post in whatever weeks I want, but won't pressure myself to do it "on time" anymore.

52 Weeks of Happiness Week 27

Late again, but I was on vacay in Hardy. So that's my excuse this time.

I'm trying to find little things that are new to this blog that make me happy, but the truth is, the same things that make me happy before make me happy this time.

Plus, right now, I am tremendously stressed about a lot of upcoming things. And I've tried half of my life (literally) to really find ways to calm down. I'm not sure why, but nothing has TRULY, TRULY worked.

Sigh. ANYWAY, even if it didn't create complete serenity in me, I will always be moved and more serene than before when I am near water.

This weekend we took a family trip to Hardy, AR, to my MIL's house. We took a pontoon boat ride once, and I snapped a picture of all the moving water behind it. The sound, smell, feel, and sight of water seems to speak to me. I'm not always sure what it says, but it reminds me of a place I can find within me that, well, maybe helps me go with the flow a little more.



May you have peace like a river, too.