Is this thing on....how the heck do I use this??
What am I even doing this for anyways.....oh ya, I am gonna change the world and sleep better at night! Interesting combo, huh! I figure if enough people read this maybe I can say something that will change a life (so that is the change the world part). Maybe, just maybe, if I can get this noisy head to be quiet for a second I can sleep (and that is the sleep better part!)
So with that said, I am Traci :) Traci Scarce that is. I dreamed about being Traci Scarce my whole life....well, at least more than half of it. Once I laid eyes on that hunk of a husband that I wound up marrying, Russell Scarce, I had etched that last name in my heart and was sure to marry him! I put all my efforts forward and in the end....I had the last name! Oh ya baby, mama Traci sets goals and that is the end of that :)
I am the crazy mama of two kids, Kiana 6 and Bella 2! They are sooooo awesome, I love them to pieces. Two totally different personalities, thank the Lord. If I had two Bella's I would never be able to get out of bed in the morning because she runs me into the ground. If I had two Kiana's I would not want to get out of bed in the morning because I could snuggle with her all day!
I love Jesus. Not sure what more to say about that, pretty self explanatory. He has my heart, he made my heart and I have victory in Him every second of every day!
So, now to the blogging part! I always have a funny story to tell, ALWAYS! Except for today! Today, for the first time in a very long time, I stopped to appreciate some small things. I NEVER stop to appreciate anything. I never have time. I dont think that is how God wants it. Certainly he didnt create me to go go go go go all the time (even though I do!) and not appreciate.
So today, when I was on the way to a facial (something I really stopped to enjoy, thank you Jen Dunn and special thanks to Gustavo.....you had to be there!), I stopped to enjoy the beautiful fall colored leaves on the trees. I just could not get over how amazing they were, I even pulled over to take a picture. In that moment I even said to myself, wow, I am stopping. I am slowing down this crazy mind of mine to enjoy a tree. WOW, I have never done that before. Then later on tonight after my facial, after I picked my kid up from school, gave her a breathing treatment, rushed off for two hours of gymnastics, walked across the parking lot to pick something up from work, got stuck in a 30 minute "impromptu" meeting (thanks Aurelio!), switched Kiana for Bella so Kiana could go to bible study with Russ.....I found myself with the most precious two year old ever. Little Bella Grace, my spastic child, wanted to hold on to me for 5 minutes and rock back and forth. NEVER, ever ever has she stopped to enjoy me and her just snuggling in the middle of no where. We have such a routine at bedtime, but she just stopped right in the middle of it and I just rocked with her, no words, no nothing, just pure love. It brought me back to that tree. Then I thought, today the Lord wanted me to appreciate the little things and he was going to stop me in the middle of my routine to share something beautiful with me......just like Bella did with me at bedtime. Not just appreciate, but STOP and appreciate what he had given to me. It may be just a tree with pretty leaves and it may just be 5 minutes with my daughter, but those two things meant the world to me today!
Do you ever stop to enjoy the little things. Probably much more than I do!! Some of my besties Heather and Robin can tell you that I often say, its hard being me. I never stop!! But today, it was not hard to be me, I stopped, I looked, I enjoyed, I felt the love and it was awesome!!!
So I guess this concludes my blog for the day. I kinda liked it. Now lets see if I stop to sleep tonight :)
Love and Hugs, signing out!!
