Happiness Daily 06/02/12

Happiness is… A beautiful day spent mostly outside at the Saturday Market, park, and walking around town resulting in tired happy girls at the end of the day!

Happiness Daily 06/01/12

Happiness is…. Going shopping first thing in the morning @ the warehouse store and buying cases of food.  I think we did pretty well especially when you compare it to my blog post Shopping Day in Nunam Iqua that I wrote back in Jan. 2009. Let’s compare… Today I bought: 46 cans of veggies   … Continue reading »

Happiness Daily 05/31/12

Busy fun day today.  Happiness is…. Girls who love to read… Silly girls making silly faces…. A great meeting bi-weekly meeting with my DV counselor Getting Cece’s summer schedule set up for everything…therapies, day habs, SPED Summer Preschool, respite care Being thankful for: All that we are…All that we have been….All the we will be

Happiness Daily 5/30/12

Today was a long day but yet it seemed to go by fast.  Cece had 2 1/2 hours of therapies this morning.  While she was working Glenna and I took a walk around Soldotna.  We went to Freddy’s looked at their overpriced garden center, then we wandered over to the Wednesday Market.  We visited with … Continue reading »

Happiness Daily 5/29/12

Just pictures today.  Cece had a bad night and was pretty much awake from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m.  she kept all of us up.  But still a very productive day.  Here’s pictures of Cece outside playing after we’d watered the flowers.  She was blowing bubbles before it started to rain while Gege was napping. … Continue reading »

Happiness Daily (5/28/12)

Today’s Happiness… Memorial Day.  I saw this on Facebook and thought to myself that is the absolute perfect definition of a Veteran (except for the fact that it should say “S/HE” because us women do the same too!).  I can remember signing away 8 years of my life when I joined the US Navy.  I … Continue reading »

Happiness Daily

Well I am definitely not finding time or energy to do much writing lately.  I have been posting on Facebook during the “lulls”.  But I thought I might try something new and attempt to post something everyday that has brought me happiness.  Might be a long post, might be a short post, might just be … Continue reading »

Babyhood lost

A sign so true that she’s growing fast Her baby tooth aside was cast School today like all the rest Home she came but with one less . This baby tooth where did it go Too soon it is for her to grow so Alas it’s gone, somewhere it’s fallen Her teachers I sure was … Continue reading »

A Thousand Words!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Well for me this picture is worth not only that but also infinite amounts of patience, understanding, hard work and love.  This simple drawing has brought me to tears today.  Why you ask?  This is the first time that Cece has drawn a picture for me. … Continue reading »

Piura Upparluq! (Goodbye Grandpa)

The life he lead was full and long He taught us love, life and song His time well spent, always going His skills, his love always showing He touched us all in some way Whoever he saw everyday His smile, his laugh, ever there You’d see him almost everywhere He spent his life showing us … Continue reading »

Walk & Roll for Hope! Sponsor Cecelia!

Please join me in my efforts to raise money for the Walk & Roll for Hope. The Walk & Roll for Hope is a fundraiser for Hope Community Resources, supporting people who experience a disability. I need your help to get closer to my goal! Click HERE to sponsor Cecelia, Glenna and Ann in the … Continue reading »

Anniversary

Five years!!  Seems so long ago that this happy picture was taken.  Truly one of the happiest days of my life.  Our time together was simply too short.  This anniversary is difficult, the tears they do flow.  But revel in the love, joy, and happiness you’ve given me ….the girls. Staying busy that’s the plan. … Continue reading »

Whew….a minute to write

Well I probably should entitle this post… I am sitting here writing when in fact I should be sleeping!  It’s midnight and I am yawning but realized that it’s been a very long time since I’ve posted anything.  So much for my theory that I’d have more time to write this year!! I’ve just been … Continue reading »

Finding time…

Well so much for having more time to write this year.  It’s been just busy here in the Strongheart household.  Between therapies, appointments, school, respite etc I just am too busy to find time to write.  In the evenings when I would normally take time to write I am now doing bead work.  I have … Continue reading »

Holiday Vacation

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!!  Things have been busy, busy, busy here.  With school and therapy off for the holidays and Cece not understanding why she doesn’t get to go to these activities it’s been a challenge.  Thus I am not finding time to write.  We had an … Continue reading »

Minty Fresh Poop and other funnies

As a parent or anyone that has ever been around children you know that everyday is an entertaining yet learning experience for not only a child but also for you too!  Remember when you were growing up and you thought “When I have kids I am never going to do/say that!” be it the ever … Continue reading »