Friday 21 February 2014

Five Minute Friday: Small

Today I decided to participate in a writing exercise from a blog I follow: Lisa-Jo Baker - surprised by motherhood. I really enjoy her blog posts and I really need motivation to get writing again so I thought I'd give it a try and, surprise surprise, my girls actually gave me 5 relatively quiet minutes so that I could write! :) So, here's my write-up (as you can see, I'm pretty rusty but hope I improve with time!):

Small

Small seems insignificant, easily disregarded. But small is precious. What is small? My daughters’ hands reaching for hugs, their lips leaning in to kiss and whisper their secrets to their Mama. Mama – that’s a small word full of love. And what about the flowers in the garden? Small … beautiful. The worms that naturally till the soil … small … strong. The spiders that spin their webs? Small … brilliant. And that still small voice that quenches our longing, that brings us peace and comfort, that convicts and changes us? It’s small and grand … it’s God’s voice! Small is important and small is a servant, humble.

Small and insignificant is how I feel my written word comes across. It looks rather small, doesn’t it? I turn to poetry, also small but speaks in much louder volumes. :) (And small smiles always find their way in my writing). Poetry is what my heart speaks and I guess my heart speaks small. :)

A Small Poem
Small is the kisses of my daughters
Small is my kiss for them
Great is our love for each other!

Small is the toys we trip on in the dark
Small is the spilled food at the table
Great is my affection for my daughters!

Small is the words the say
Small is the songs they sing
Great is my love as I listen!

Small is the hug I can give them
Small is the word of encouragement
Great is their growth in our love!
Five Minute Friday

Friday 14 February 2014

Delay in Creativity

Wow! Can it really be October since I've posted?! I'm finding creativity lacking these days. I think it has something to do with the fact that I don't have a proper space to craft in and the clutter we have in the one floor we can currently live in is a bit hard to handle. Honestly, once I have my basement back, this clutter will all have a place to be organized. I'm really looking forward to that. So my goal is to clean up a little bit in the dining room so I can do my crafts and teach some crafts to my lovely 3yo. :) I did do some crafting in December and intended to post about it here but apparently forgot ... this is what happens when busy Christmas season comes, people come to visit, kids get sick and then you take a trip to Mexico. Shoot, I didn't even do a Valentine's craft with the kids this year! We will be back with more creativity soon I hope! :)