A funny fireworks story
I am so excited that the fourth of July is coming up!! Every year we go and watch the fireworks downtown Austin. It is my favorite thing to do! The symphony plays for about an hour before the fireworks start and continues during the show. It is fantastic!!!!! On top of that they shoot the fireworks off with the city in the background. I love it. I kinda get psycho on it a little. My kids know this and prepare ahead of time. “We can’t be late for the symphony or mom will freak out!!” Last year, I don’t know what we were thinking, but Autumn got this bee in her bonnet that we should bring Jedd. Jedd is our dog, in case you didn’t know. Like I said, I don’t know what I was thinking. I think I was only thinking about not being late for the symphony, so I just said yes without realizing it. This happens to moms who have too much going on in their brains when their kid won’t stop asking the same question over 400 times two inches from their face.
So the story goes, we all got in my truck and drove downtown. We literally parked 2 miles away from Auditorium Shores and walked to find “our spot.” Me, Josiah, Anna, Noah, Autumn, Isaac, and Jedd. We got all set up on our blanket(s). Snacks, cameras, snow-cones. We were prepared. I was having such a nice time. Just being able to sit and listen and not worry about anything. Relaxation. Ahhhhhh……Time to think about how the year had flown by, about the memories of the passing year, and wondering how it had come and gone so quickly. The fireworks began. It was so beautiful and so fun. How great it was…..until… it happened. This voice from behind me… “Um mam. Mam. Mam!!!! the lady behind me yelled. I turned around and stared in horror as Jedd was literally on top of this lady, this complete stranger, his entire body in her chair on her lap, shaking uncontrollably. I was so embarrassed! Omgosh I said I am so sorry! It took Me Autumn and Noah using all our strength and energy to hold Jedd down during the rest of the fireworks display. I am not kidding. It was hard. He was like a crazy animal! It was not my idea of a good time. I wasn’t relaxed. I wasn’t having fun. And I didn’t get to count all the fun memories of the past year and think about how it had gone by so quickly. So this year, as the fourth of July approaches, as we get ready to face the fireworks again, the symphony, the crowd, as we pack our blankets and snacks, as we remember to bring water, let us remember to forget one thing. The dog.
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I created these two panels for a girls room. I call them Blue Flowers. I wanted something whimsical. I like whimsical. Sometimes I think we think too much. It’s like that in art anyways. I mean sometimes you have to think a lot, but sometimes, you just listen and begin to create. That is how it was with Blue Flowers. I wonder if life should or could be more like this. Sometimes in art, people stop themselves from trying. I mean they don’t try to, but they get overwhelmed thinking that they have to make some great masterpiece. I think life is like that. I think college is. It’s overwhelming. You shouldn’t have to know your whole life when you are only 18. It’s not fair. You should just go out and do your best. Start with what you know and as you go, more information will come to you and you will know the next road to cross and place to turn. It’s still like that now in my life. As I go forward being an artist, I don’t know where I’ll be in a year. But that ’s okay. I just go day by day by day. The Universe takes care of the rest. It’s just like art. Listen to muse and in the end, your masterpiece will be created before your eyes.
freedom to be you and me
So I’m gonna change it up a little. Maybe this will help me write more. I guess before I was only writing inspirational blogs, which I still am totally gonna do, but I also want to just write and say what I think. I think if I give myself a little more freedom then I will write more. Then maybe I won’t have to strain my brain which is definitely strained enough anyways. Today was a great day actually. It was a day of reconciliation. I think it’s awesome how sometimes stuff just happens. And today stuff definitely happened. I had this tif with a girl like a year ago. Saying it was a tif makes it sounds small, but it wasn’t small. It was a big deal kinda tif. Major cat fight material. Anyways, it really wasn’t either one of our faults. We both misunderstood each other and without really getting into the details let me just say we both held on to feelings of resentment. Both of us hadn’t forgotten the other one. But we both just went on with our lives. And today, I ran smack into her. I opened up the door to the coffee shop and she was 3 inches from my face about to walk out. I didn’t even recognize her for the first second and a half and then I did. “Oh,” I said. “Hi.” “Um….I need to to talk to you,” I said. “I owe you an apology.” “I overreacted.” I explained myself. She apologized immediately. We both knew that we were meant to meet. My day was free. It was about freedom. I feel like we were brought together by the Universe and then the Universe made our world amazing. I love freedom. I love feeling like the answer is there and I found it. I listened to my heart. I smiled as I drove away after the coffee shop. I was so inspired by the Universe and what it has in store for me. Thank you Universe, thank you.
Open your eyes to the possibilities.
“Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle.” -Elizabeth David
It’s a think outside the box day. When you are stuck in a situation where you don’t know what to do, think differently. Think of options that are not normal. Be open-minded. And of course call out to the Universe for answers. There is always an answer out looming in the unknown. Most of the time, we just don’t think about what it could be because we are too caught up in the regularness of what other people do.
There are so many ways of solving problems. Sometimes you just need to sit and wait awhile until the right answer surfaces. The Universe has all the answers. You just need to be open and ready when your answer comes. Be strong. Be courageous. You have more strength within you then you know.
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