tuesday truth:: that phone call...

i didn't want to write about this last week.
i couldn't.
i think the scare was still too fresh,
too real,
too raw.

a phone call during supper...

a nurse is on the line
telling you first
that everything is ok,
remember that when
we tell you the rest...
everything is ok.

and yet
my heart still fell to the floor
when they said
"we have campbell here...
he's been in a car accident".

{everything is ok...remember...everything is ok}

we rush up to emergency
and find him in the same big room
that stirling was in after his bike accident...
neck brace on
but just as a precaution...
xrays are done,
ultrasounds and blood pressure,
and many, many
times being told
how lucky he was,
how lucky all 3 of them were.

the nurse was right,
everything really is ok.
he is fine, the other kids are ok...
lessons have been learned
the hard way
(but not as hard
as they could have been.)

and once again
i have been reminded
that life can change
on the spin of a dime...
to hug the people i love
every time i can
and to stop what i am doing
to really listen to their stories...
to pay attention,
to be present,
to not take any time for granted.
 

bullet journal sunday

no weddings this weekend
meant spending time with family,
meeting up with friends home from away,
waffle breakfasts with whipped cream,
sleeping in,
popcorn with garlic & pepper mixed into the melty butter,
a movie night (mother's day...loved it),
editing and catching up on neverending laundry
and
finally cracking the spine open
on my new bullet journal
the purple leuchtturm 1917.

the truth is
i was a little scared to start that new book.
the fresh blank page is so
new...so crisp, so clean...
so open to possibility.

and i was scared that i would mess it up.

but finally,
i just bit the bullet (haha...see what i did there)
and started...and about 8 hours later,
i stopped.
so damn addictive...and fun...and
in all honesty
a little time consuming...heeheehee

here's how the first few pages are looking:

thank you Revision Guide for the inspiration for the "don't be normal"
which is, by the way, the way i have pretty much lived my whole life...
even when I didn't think I was trying to be anything but normal...
being weird has obviously always just come naturally for me.
:)

I liked the idea of a key/legend...
I think I am only going to use the index for collections though.
I didn't really use it in V1.

2016 goals and plans...carried over from V1
happy is my focus word for 2016
so I tried to pick out a couple of goals
that would make me feel happy
and focus on those...
:)

I am loving the leuchtturm 1917, by the way.
so far, I have used pencil crayon, markers, watercolors
and no bleeding through...a little crinkling from the
watercolors but I expected that.

Now I can't wait to start some challenges in September...
September is a preview for January for me...
it feels like a fresh start with new routines...
:)