Stress, Silly Sandwiches and Seeing the light

What a week! The title sums it up, stress, silly sandwiches for two sweet little girls (my daughter and her best friend) and seeing light at the end of the tunnel through reaching back to an old favorite of mine: Peace is Every Step -- Thich Nhat Hanh

Lets cut to the chase... our family is awaiting orders, we have been fortunate to be here in Jacksonville for five and a half years! Almost unheard of for military families. Our life began here and so the thought of leaving (even though we always knew it was likely to happen... and even though it will not be forever) is paralyzing at times. The wait in limbo to know your family's fate is even more so.... but nothing that we didn't sign up for, nor something that we cannot perservere. <3  On to more fun things...

Monday my daughter and I had a play day (no school for either of us!) and had her best friend with us for the day. We had a blast. Especially at lunch with our silly sandwiches :0) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (no crust of course lol) faces, baby carrot hair, yogurt covered raisin eyes and an apple wedge mouth. The girls thought it was hilarious... and delicious in the end.

Through the stress and less sleep than I should I began to question myself more and more, and see doubt everywhere I turned. So I turned to a book given to me many years ago by a very wise coworker... it has seen me through, and helped me to remember what is truly important. 

"Breathe! You are Alive"
"Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it.... "
"We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, ever step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.... Peace is every step. We shall walk hand in hand" 

-- Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace is Every Step :Mindfulness Everyday

I have been frightened, humbled, challenged, and triumphant this week. Looking forward to the next :)