Comments on: Welcome Home

By: Flibbertygibbet

Flibbertygibbet — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:38:43 +0000

What synchronicity – I have two bananas (that are somewhat past “ripe”) just staring at me… now I know what to do with them! I’m going to make a batch of these for my party on Saturday.

I wish…I wish…hmmmm. I wish for a great new job. That’s the thing that would most bring me joy right now.

By: amisha

amisha — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:39:56 +0000

what a lovely, joyful post. i have been feeling that way too recently… filled with joy in small daily things, and sometimes stopping to reflect with surprise at how different my joy is from what i imagined it to be when i was younger. there is a good creative energy in the air right now… it’s in me + e, who has been writing like a madman for a couple of months with no sign of slowing, something lovely that is making us both want to burst with the excitment of making and doing. it’s good stuff

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:39:37 +0000

It’s soooo nice to see such optimism I think I’ll make those cookies this afternoon too

It’s a wonderful day here today – sunny and cold, but clear! And it’s Wednesday so the kids are free this afternoon. I’m going to forget my to-do list and chill with them

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:33:43 +0000

Kelli, I feel so happy for you! Cherish your joy, tuck little bits of it into your heart like cotton around a fragile treasure, so you will always be able to draw wisps out when you need a lift. Reflecting on your reminiscing, I’m not who I thought I would be when I dreamed my girl-dreams – I’m much more! (Isn’t it fun to grow?)

By: rositta

rositta — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:22:23 +0000

I am happy that your glass is overflowing. I too wanted to travel the world but done as much as I’d hoped. My offspring on the other hand, has his passport overflowing with stamps from foreign lands. I have dipped my toes in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediteranean and Caribean. Lots of lakes though in the North West Territories. The one place I want to travel before I can’t anymore are the Baltics. I want to dip my toes into the North Sea…some day soon..Your right, MS site is way better..ciao

By: kathryn

kathryn — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:50:50 +0000

Inviting joy in with a smile, a cookie, and a cup of tea. Oh, I really like that!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:07:15 +0000

Thanks for the cheer-up and allowing me to appreciate the small things in life. When you’re so busy during the day it’s sometimes hard to stop and look at the world around you!

As I’m writing this, the ice cream truck is driving by. I’m wishing I were fast enough to run outside and get some. haha!

By: Catrina

Catrina — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:43:09 +0000

Kelli you have such a wonderful outlook of life! Love it I’m such a pessimist & I MUST change that. Thanks for being such a positive person with a great attitude.

By: rosie

rosie — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:14:07 +0000

At the moment I am wishing for some health tests to come back negatively! Uggghhh.

Your words always cheer me up!

By: lera

lera — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:56:05 +0000

Those cookies look so yummy. And I love (and appreciate) the pre-mixed dough version!!

By: laeroport

laeroport — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:23:58 +0000

Well I know what I’ll be making on Thursday when I’m home with the kids.

And I know. Sometimes finding the joy in life just takes opening your eyes and seeing the abundance around you. The daffodils on my desk, the view from my window, the promise of lunch with a friend.

And I’m so thankful that I filled my passport before I had children – and look forward to filling the next one with them at my side.

By: bekka

bekka — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:44:59 +0000

it’s nice to count ones blessings! you live a charmed life, for sure. thanks for the recipe. those cookies look so appealing!

By: Ms Lala

Ms Lala — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:41:24 +0000

That bag is just what I am looking for…too bad that nary a creative stitch awaits within these fingers of mine. I wish that I was capable of being craftily creative.

By: atpanda

atpanda — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:03:09 +0000

For life to be normal again.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:01:53 +0000

I know what you mean about your adult life being different/better that what you imagined as a kid. Once I was on a plane flying to Disney World with two of my best girlfriends. I happened to think about going to Disney when I was a kid and I got all choked up because as a child I would have never dreamed that I could go to Disney, as an adult, with friends, just because I wanted too! I also never imagined going to Europe or traveling across the US or any of the many things I had done at that point. It’s a great feeling to know you have done well by that little girl you used to be!