Great Quotes, Great Books and Gratitude

I love a great quote. One that captures exactly how I feel at certain moments. I was reading through Jessica Srague’s website today, as I’m taking a photography class through there (and learning heaps I might add) and saw this line as part of one of her posts,

“…what else does a mother have but a heart that has expanded wide as the universe, and can’t be contained, and so it flows out her eyes.”

This is how I feel so much of the time when I look at my boys. The gratitude for their being is so overwhelming that my eyes fill up.

I was having a heart to heart with one of my best friends yesterday. It’s often hard being a Mom. As Moms, we often give up too much of ourselves. Especially as a single one, which she is. It’s also hard to remember how fortunate you are sometimes when you are caught up with having a pity party for yourself, for whatever reason, which we both have been lately. We are both fortunate for different reasons, but comparatively speaking, very fortunate.

I just finished reading The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s one of those beautiful books where the characters are real and gracious and a sobering reminder of our often forgotten fortunes. I like being reminded of this. Not because it makes me feel better in comparison. But because it helps me to be grounded and thankful for what I have. I have so much to be thankful and grateful for and I want to feel that every day so that I can live each day with the open heart and graciousness that it deserves.

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