Waking Up

Saturday morning came with a ray of sunshine. That sunshine being 2 toy poodles and Emma.....

pouncing, dancing...wanting to play. I wasn't quite ready for the "sunshine" I'm SO not a morning person and 2 dogs licking me awake is not the most pleasant way to wake up.

There are so many ways I've been "woke up"

I remember being a little girl and my grandpa scratching me awake with his whiskers and waking up Christmas morning at my grandparents house to the smell of coffee and breakfast.

I remember waking up to the smell of my moms muffins on a Saturday morning and to my dads booming voice on Sunday for church.

I remember my little brother waking me up on Christmas morning VERY EARLY to see what Santa brought. We would look at our stuff and open our stockings....then fall asleep again.

I remember waking up one sad day in December thinking it was all a bad dream. Then I looked over at my grandmother sleeping next to me and realized my grandfather was really gone.

I remember lots of mornings waking up in a rush to take Alex to daycare and thinking I was never going to make it, that it was just too hard. Now I would give anything to have one of those mornings with her as a little girl.

When she was 3 and 4 she would wake me up wanting Toaster Studel and Golden Girls. We would snuggle on the couch on Saturday morning for hours.

I remember waking up with Jason and the girls in the first house we bought as a family and the excitement of it all.

I remember countless Thanksgiving mornings waking up early to bake my special cornbread and watch the parade.

I remember Madi and Alex waking us up one Christmas morning exclaiming that I must have been "a really good girl" cause Santa brought me a bike.

More recently I've woken up to Emma looking at me closely and saying..."I want to watch Reba"

One morning I awoke to her standing by the bed (very close to my face) with her Halloween mask and gloves on...talking through her nose saying "I want some cereal". I have to say it's pretty cool to wake up laughing.

I'm sure all of you have similar stories of waking up. Some sad, some happy. As I look back on all of those memories I feel thankful. God has blessed me with a beautiful, healthy family and he's never given me more than I could handle....even if I didn't know it at the time.


When you wake up with God.....you wake up blessed.

Audrey Hepburn

My mom sent this to me in an email. I loved it and thought I would share!

Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburn wrote when asked to share her 'beauty tips.' It was read at her funeral years later.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.. If you share this with another woman, something good will happen . . You will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know that you care about her. The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.

My first blog! I thought it would be fun to give this a try. I am not a great writer but I'd like to share things that are going on in my life from random thoughts to events to funny stories about the kids to stuff that sometimes irritates me....and lots of things that inspire me! I will post pictures, favorite books......fun craft ideas, etc.
Feel free to stop by anytime and read about the happenings of the Curtis household!