life lessons from the itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikinis

My girls are the sunshine of my life, and this picture perfectly captures the essence of our family dynamic. As sisters, they want to be just alike, but what amazes me is how different they really are. Here you can see the little one, chasing after her hero...longing to be just like her sissy...complete with ponytail and yellow bikini.

What I love most about this is their ability to let go and be free...even in teenie weenie bikinis. When I think back to my childhood days some of my fondest memories involve building sandcastles and playing with my sister. As a mother it has come full circle, especially as I watch my girls grow, learn, admire, and most of all, love each other.

Children learn many lessons from their parents, but sometimes we miss the lessons they are teaching us. Today I embrace the lesson of being carefree, taking time to play in the sand, and admiring my little sister.

usernames, passwords, failed logins, oh my!

It's been over a year since my last blog post, and while I've had several life changes I can't blame my MIA status on anything other than a simple 7 digit code....yes folks, that would be my password.

Seeing how everything these days requires a log in, username, and password, it's nearly impossible to keep everything straight. Security measures encourage you to change them regularly, but holy cow, my brain can only keep track of so much. I think I even managed to stump Google a few times with multiple failed attempts and password resets.

Now that I've successfully hacked into my own blog I'm excited to announce my return to the blogosphere. Yippee! (Don't freak out, I am not a hacker. I owe my blog return to the tiny hot pink post it note stuck to the bottom of my desk drawer...complete with my login info. Phew!)

While I would like to avoid a cheesy paragraph, I feel it necessary to send a shout out of thanks to everyone who read my blog consistently, and most of all for your support and encouragement over the past year. Your kind and loving words, comments, emails, {and hugs} have not gone unnoticed. Please know they helped me smile when all I wanted to do was cry.

Enough of that. Let's get to the good stuff. Life is good. No regrets.

The Holiday blog is back : )