Ever heard someone say, “Stop it or your face might freeze like that”? That saying came to my mind recently when I was reflecting on my first visit to volunteer in a nursing home. I noticed a wide range of people in this place. I have to admit that I was a little taken back by some of them at first. They can be very sharp-tongued and angry to be “sweet little old ladies”. I know that much of it is a mask for fear, hurt and frustration. Much like we are now…only we freeze like that. Then I saw people who had the sweetest disposition that you ever wanted to see. It made me think long and hard about the kind of condition that I would like my heart to be in should it freeze like that.
About Extraordinary in the Ordinary
I am a professional photographer who lives and works from her heart. My goal is always and in everything to be better today than I was yesterday. I’m an ordinary person dealing with what I like to believe are ordinary issues, but in all the ordinary days, I want to live an extraordinary life.
I am the mom to two grown sons, and there has been nothing I have loved more than being their mom and being home with them. And while you are always a mom, there is a certain part of that time in my life that is over now that they are grown. I miss hearing them play and having them with me all the time and having all their friends over, but it is time to move to the next stage of life or at least trying to figure out what that is.
I am making a list of personal goals, connecting with friends, and still nesting even though the children are grown. I think I will always be a "nester". Home is where the heart is. I love home and love making it a healing place of peace and comfort.
