THiNKiNG

Surprises Always In Store For Us All

As the shortest day

of the year approaches,

I seem to be spending most

of each day endlessly thinking.

It is a reflective time of year.

Isn't it interesting how that works?

I mean how the various times and

environments affect us and bring

about innate behaviors?

This has been an exceptional

year in many ways.

Four months later,

I am still basking in the glow of

our New York City Adventure.

So.  That happened.

Scout's had a greatly succesful year.

We started volunteering at the

thrift shop. 

Made new friends.

Began attending the 

homeschool Monday group.

Made new friends.

Started dance.

Made new friends.

After almost two years

here in Austin we are

beginning to feel like it might be home.

Ironically more so since what we

believed to be our sense 

of security dissolved and,

because of that,

we are now at yet another new address.

Lucky for us, we've

got a ridiculous amount of

experience at this particular 

transitional experience.

Even though the settling in process

is slow going - as always -

and despite the unknown landscape

ahead, we seem to find the 

positive much more often than

the negatives realistically allow.

So much for reality.

Which, lately, seems more 

and more unreal.

But that's another topic entirely.

No idea where any day leads, 

but I have a flood of potential

options {or dreams} 

swirling through my head.

Forever, or so it seems,

I have been wanting to pursue too many

creative avenues to list.

I feel like some of them

are about to happen.

Scout is such an inspiration.

I have no idea how many

incredible illustrations she has

completed this year.

She started back at dance

and theater after a three year hiatus.

Applied for two summer programs and

attended the Acting Conservatory in NYC.

Began her American Sign Language Course.

Joined in the Holiday Workshop Show.

Started making dinner one night a week.

And always a thoughtful and 

creative plan researching and

making a new recipe.  

She completed her NaNoWriMo

50,000 word novel.

She did this in the same month we moved!

Now she's about one third of the way

through her next challenge -

the SketchBook Project.

These are just off the top of my head 

with only a spot of morning coffee in my system.

I feel like I have not

accomplished much at all.

But I know I have.

That blog post will

be along soon.

For now, I want to keep thinking ahead.

About which one of my dream*thinks

I will begin pursuing today.

And make it happen.

What thinks are you dreaming of fulfilling?

ox

joon