A Bundle of Myrrh

~ Capturing the context of everyday life ~

Every Thursday (or Friday, oops) at Like Mother, Like Daughter!

{Pretty}

Poor Clara as second daughter has learned to become “the boy” when big Sister is around. If Lily is the Princess, Clara is King, if Lily wears a necklace, Clara wears a “bow tie”. But when big Sister is at school Clara finally gets to be “the beautiful girl” or a princess and wear all the pink and pretties she wants! I crank up the music and she is a pretty pretty ballerina.

{Happy}

Clara has the greatest time stirring up the remaining flour left on the counter after I get the bread baking. It looked magical in setting sunlight. If I could be half as happy about anything as she was about watching that flour fall to the floor….

Phil and I listened as Clara sang to herself in her room during quiet time. I remember he said, “Clara doesn’t have a cent to her name but listen to how happy she is.” The things we can learn from a 2 year old!

What would happen if I opened my hands to joyfully receive the goodness around me more often? Most of the time these simple pleasures just go unnoticed.

{Funny}

Clara always has her own way of doing things.

{Real}

This is a moment that seems to happen 100 times a day. Usually a moment like this makes me want to run screaming and lock myself in the bathroom, but this time for some reason I decided to laugh and grab my camera.

I wish I could have the strength to laugh more often.

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