Good Afternoon!!

I’ve made the important decision, among the chaos of benchmark grading, selecting choir music, staying current with weather forcasts, strategically planning dinner, salvaging enough energy to physically entertain Clara and her best friend the Cat (more on that later), not to mention dealing with a horrible stomach ache from eating too many amazing strips of  bacon for breakfast, to blog! I’ve been slightly neglectful of my beloved blog space, which is extremely important to me, and I feel that I need this creative outlet, from time to time, to keep from going completely crazy – Blogging definitely lowers my stress level and allows me to artistically exist in space, while pulling me away from all these roles I play on a daily basis and letting me take off my hats, for just a moment, even if a mere moment is all I have to compose a sentence or two…and that feels wonderful, and strong, and evident of commitment towards keeping my blog going no matter how incredibly busy, confusing, or demanding life becomes.

Now on to my blog post, Happy Valentines Day everyone! I feel like Valentines day has definitely crept up on us this year, but not without me taking a moment to wish everyone an extra-special Happy Day, filled with gargantuan amounts of love, admiration, and happiness! I’m going to make it a point to be extremely loving, nurturing, and understanding today and over the weekend, and hopefully not stopping there; I normally try really hard to be generous, kind, and accepting, but I need to make a conscious effort to be more appreciative and focus on all the little wonderful things, the small amazing miracles that occur daily, and if something happens that I feel the need to complain or gripe about, squash it immediately. I’ve noticed lately…well, I’ve always noticed, that there are some people out there who always need something to complain or be upset about, and reflects such a scewed, pessimistic, non-productive way of thinking and living our lives. It’s definitely a fact that life brings about multitudes of challenges, some anticipated, some completely unexpected, and we are continuously required to think critically and act upon and/or combat these challenges. Why would we ever want to add more weight by creating more difficult and unpleasant challenges or problems that we are then forced to face? This is something I feel exceedingly passionate about – Thinking positively, spreading optimism and standing up to our problems, and being as happy as much as we possibly can – and something that definitely goes hand in hand with the whole feeling and concept of Valentine’s Day! I feel like I’ve learned more about being truly happy from my 1 year old than I’ve learned from some adults that I’ve observed. However, there are a couple of very positive, enthusiastic, innovative, inspiring individuals that stand out in my mind as exceptional role models, and I attempt to learn as much as I possibly can from optimistic productive people about how to be more efficient, productive, optimistic, awesome, accepting, and loving (I’ve mentioned those words too many time.) With that said, have a wonderful, loving,…truly happy Valentines Day! God Bless!!