derailed -

that train of mine that i thought was so on track derailed over the past 2 weeks with the 2 promotions and emily's graduation last night... 


i have not been visiting the finished soup blogs - and promise to begin tomorrow... i also apologize for not having my bead soup ready on time - i feel terrible, and i will surely have a project completed asap!

'"how does one become a butterfly?" she asked. 

"you must want to fly so much 

that you are willing to give up being 

a caterpillar."'

and so the hair inspiration for graduation was butterflies... (the dye is wet here - so very intense looking) 

a ladybug for luck (and because we love them so)... 

'i am the master of my fate: i am the captain of my soul.'

'invictus'

~ william henley

words to remember and learn (and relearn over and over) until you unshakably live by them... may she learn faster than i -  

forget-me-not

forget you not!

'we worry about what a child will become tomorrow, 

yet we forget that he is someone today.'

~ stacia tauscher

a time for moving up ceremonies and graduations, all with the bright and shining (most of the time) future ahead of them... but look at your children for who they are now and let them know how much you love them for that... 

and how about you? do you forget yourSelf? who you are? what you have learned to create this person who thinks, contributes and participates in the world at this very moment? don't... because right now - you are enough... deeply and thoroughly you... do not cast yourself aside like flowers past their prime, waiting until you become more... not that goals aren't  important, they are... but forget you not, right now...