Hustle and Bustle

Life gets super busy, we all understand how easily someone can get side tracked by just surviving your job, school, kids (yes it's true), and similar stresses of life. You may, or may not, love what’s causing you stress...But I know that the stress itself can sometimes be overwhelming.

  

   In the hustle and bustle you forget the things that make you happy. You might be saying "I don't have time to worry about being happy". Well, if you tried a little, just a few minutes a day, to remember what makes you happy....You might find you have time for a whole lot more. Happiness is like a little seed, plant it, water it, nourish it, and suddenly it's a plant that has taken root in your mind/heart/soul. Let your little seed fall into some rich, glorious soil (your life), and watch how it transforms your grey, lifeless, ball of stress into a lush, green, fruitful garden. Let your seed grow. 

  Take time for happiness. Remember what is really important to you and suddenly your life won't seem so stressful. You won't be soooo focused on the stress that you can't see the love and peacefulness around you.

I took this on vacation to see my Aunt in Vieques, PR. It was with a cellphone, in the middle of the pouring rain, with a  2mp camera, and it's one of my favorite pictures ever. It's simple
It makes me happy

   This week, even though I was SUPER stressed and had a MOUNTAIN of schoolwork to do, I decided to revisit my blog. I tore it down, so to speak, and completely recreated it. Starting with a new name. You may have read a recent post about me wanting a baby. I was wallowing, I know, because I was over focused on that. However, in letting it out, I remembered how important the other people in my life are. How import their joy is to them, and how if I stop focusing on me to focus a little more on them some of that joy might rub off!!! (and it did!)

   I baked some cookies yesterday, I thought about how much I love my husband, how much he does for me. I thought about how much it means to me that I can stay home to focus on school work full time and he is willing to work full time to support our little family. He is also in school, for electrical engineering, and he is a journalist and reviewer in the computer industry. He has a lot on his plate. Add to that plate a well rounded spoonful of me and our puppy and this man is dealing with a WHOLE LOT! I tend to forget that. I tend to focus on me, and what I’m bothered by, what I want. So I baked, and as my husband walked in the door and the timer for that first batch of cookies went off, I felt a huge *ahhhh* in my heart. I could do something, though rare, to make him happy. I could be the “taker-carer” and surprise my Husband with something so basic.

   My DH tells me all the time “you’re awesome baby” and while I am so happy that he’s happy, I don’t feel deserving of such praise. He deals with SO much in one day, more than I usually have to deal with in a whole week (or month?) and yet he thinks I am awesome. I usually just shake my head, or say “I’m not awesome, stop it” but he just smiles and says “yes you are.”

   So, if I let him think I’m awesome, will I start thinking I am awesome? Maybe I will. Either way, I want to say that I am so grateful for my husband, I am so grateful for the journey we are on, I am SO grateful that HE wants to spend his life with ME. And, I am so grateful that whatever it is I’m doing to make him say such nice things to me is enough to make him smile.

I love you baby. I’m so glad you married me. You’re awesome!!

-Love, Your “awesome” wife!!