Today my world has turned around! Have you ever felt that something just had to be heard / read / seen at the right time, at the right place?
Quote
The quote that struck a spark in me this time, was found while mindlessly scrolling through my insta feed. It is something super simple but very powerful. It doesn’t even matter what image, music, and captions accompanied the meme. The message that it holds is important and it sounds like this.
A says: We only live once. B’s response: WRONG! We only die once. We live every day!
Community
What a change in perspectives! Me being a huge procrastinator, I need to live every day! Get accountable and do something every day for me, my husband, my kids, my environment.
I cannot wait to integrate into this new community. Making friends is not easy, but it’s definitely worth the effort. It’s important for me to help my family building a network of friends / people around us in our new home, to grow together.
Fitness v. Fit-less
Another way this quote influences me is to get in shape. I am a year postpartum today. I feel weak but motivated. Building a stamina would mean more playtime with my kids. I would like to fully live every day with them. At this point I am sleep deprived, my hormone level is imbalanced, and I go through waves of energy tides few times a day.
New habit
Today my eldest found joy in using a toy that he got about two years ago (way too early to his age back then). It is perfect now. It works like a slide-projector, if you remember those. You must choose a slide / image and place it inside an apparatus that will reflect it onto a canvas.
We then draw the image on the canvas and then coloured it in. After completing two of these arts with my son, he carried on alone while listening to some nature documentary on the TV.
Before I knew it, he brought his notebook with 7 images drawn and coloured in. He then explained that each image is part of his weekly calendar that will commence tomorrow. He asked his dad how to write the word DAY. Then wrote day 1, day 2, etc., next to each image.
I suggested we turn this into a journal. He preps 7 days worth of image. Then during the week we can write ‘HIGH, LOW, BUFFALO’ of the day around the image. But why stop there? We can add the date, name of the day in all the languages we speak at home. Furthermore the weather, and any ad hoc events worth looking back on. My son is interested in learning to write. He often asks us to spell a word for him, so he can write it down. The opportunities are endless.
Let’s make every day to remember for.
Expat Mom Journal 