Notes to my Sweethearts

Yesterday's post sounded a bit morbid.  I am not in any risk of dying soon.  A will is just one of those important, grown-up parent things I SHOULD have done.  And the thought of dying made me want to make sure that parts of me that my children may not know as little ones but would meet when they are grown, were around somewhere just in case.

So I have decided to do two things at the end of each post.

1. A wee pearl of wisdom for my daughters.
2. A note of gratitude for this wonderful life.

Wisdom: noun

• the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:listen to his words of wisdom
• the fact of being based on sensible or wise thinking:some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano
• the body of knowledge and experience that develops within a specified society or period:Eastern wisdom
  (thanks Oxford Dictionary).
  Pearl of Wisdom Number ONE
  I have decided that even with (only) thirty years under me belt, that I am qualified to share a few of the things that I have learned.
  Most things I am still learning and opinions and perception often changes.
  Many things are being unlearned.  Some with hard work.  Some unwillingly.
  
  
  My pearls of wisdom are for my daughters of the future.  The grown up women they will
  become.
  We will read together and apart and laugh at me.  I love to laugh at me.  You do too while you are babies and tots. 
  I hope you always do.
  That is my first pearl of wisdom. 
  Laugh.
  It never hurts.
  It always helps.
  I love you.
  
  
  A Little Bit of Gratitude
  Today I am grateful for words.
  First words from my tiny premature baby turned eleven month old!
  Words that my two year old can use to tell me she needs me and loves me.
  Words that I can use to tell my husband I love him.
  Words that I can use to tell my girls I love them.
  Words that I can type so that I can share parts of me with my grown up girls.
  Thank you world for words.
  
  

  

  Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588). Wisdom and Strength, ca. 1565. Oil on canvas. 214.6 x 167 cm.