It is Friday and time for me to share what I am grateful for and link up with Bron and Kidspot for 52 weeks of grateful.
This week was very up and down. I said on facebook I felt like I had been on a rollercoaster – sometimes the ups and downs were in the same day…but overall I feel I have come out on top so am grateful for that.
On the weekend, while I took Lulu to a birthday party, Alice and hubby went off on an adventure in the city that included bus and ferry rides galore. On one of the bus trips they rushed off at their stop leaving behind the daypack they had brought with all their stuff. I wasn’t too fussed when hubby told me on the phone until he mentioned that he had tossed in the brand new Entertainment book that I had just picked up from school. While I can live with the $65 existing solely as a donation I was still frustrated at the loss. I was amazed the next day when we found out someone had handed in the backpack and we were able to get it back – faith in humanity restored. I loved when Lulu had asked if the police would go looking for our backpack if someone did steal it. I love her innocence that does not realize there are so many awful crimes out there that the police are busy with. Her world includes police officers that are there to make sure kids are safe and that things get returned to their owners. This made me very happy.
This week my girls attended dance classes to try them out. Many friends now dance locally at a new school which is fun and relaxed. We had a bad experience when Alice was young as we attended a very well known dance school for a year. By the end of the year her friends had left and we were on our way out as well. In my opinion 6 year olds attending dance classes should be smiling and enjoying themselves, not getting stressed and crying. Not every kid will grow up to be a ballerina and I am grateful this school has opened up so kids can choose to dance purely for the fun and not be expected to have immaculate attire, perfect toes and pressure. It was hard to join in classes where dances were already in progress (a few tears were shed over not understanding where to go and what to do), but both girls stuck out their classes and loved them enough to sign up. So now we have our own “so you think you can dance” action happening in the living room thanks to 3 classes covering jazz, hip hop and contemporary. Love it!
Lastly, this week has been amazing in the ecourse I am running with Kirri. I will forever be grateful to nearly 70 women who have chosen to join us on blind faith. If any of them are reading along I want them to know how much it has meant to us both already to have this experience together. We still have three weeks to go, but already the group and process together has filled my heart and soul completely.
What are you grateful for this week?
Find your simple,
Deb
Image credit: dance kids by flickr user vdrg dansschool
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I had an up and down week too, but it’s so nice to discover you can always find grateful in the end x
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It reminds me every time that you find what you look for – when i look for the good and bright it is always there…
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Hello Debra, I’m so grateful to have had a very simple day today. Sickness of a friend’s son meant plans were cancelled and I could spent all day at home, at desk and pottering. It was a major silver lining.
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Love those kind of days – you would push through if you had to but when the plans change and let you hang out at home it is a blessing.
Debra Dane recently posted..You are enough just as you are
Hey Deb, good to hear that overall the ups won over the downs. The weather here has been overcast and miserable, which has made the downs feel much harder to get over. But, my exam is over, and I am very grateful for being able to relax a little and pursue my other interests like blogging and photography. Hope you have a lovely weekend! x Sannah
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The weather always affects my moods… hope next week brings sunshine and beautiful days
Debra Dane recently posted..Teaching kids how to manage the endless wants
You are so lucky to get the backpack back. We constantly lose everything – my kids insist on carrying the bags and then they just leave them wherever. And what a fantastic way to start your first workshop!
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Thanks Tat – it is beyond my dreams… (and I lost things endlessly as a kid and still get annoyed at the kids forever losing their stuff – someday maybe it will stop LOL)
Debra Dane recently posted..You are enough just as you are
Hi Deb! Glad to hear that the ups outweighed the downs for you this week! I just want to say that I am grateful for so much this week, first and foremost for all of the amazing insights that I have been gaining and seeing others gain already from your ecourse. I would definitely say that it was not on blind faith for me, you and Kirri are both so good at what you do and I am thankful to be able to witness two inspirational women doing what they are meant to be doing!
Thanks so much Beth – I was so happy when you signed up and love having you with us. Between the course and SYL I feel I have been lucky enough to get to know you and am grateful for that – you always make me smile xxx thanks.
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Hi Deb,
I’m glad your week didn’t have too many downs.
“Popette” hasn’t discovered dance class yet, but loves going to music class each week. At 3.5 she is constantly surprising me with how well she can beat or shake an instrument to the rhythm, and this week proudly sang “Humpty Dumpty” so everybody could hear her
Makes you feel good seeing your kids do something they love doesn’t it.
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It’s so lovely when people hand in another’s belongings that they find. It is a shame this is so rare that we find it surprising! I’m glad to hear you got the back pack back!
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Oh Deb, you gorgeous girl. How you have managed to juggle all this as well as be so present and fabulously supportive with the course astounds me. I am so grateful for having you in my life. J x
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There surely are some tough dance classes for kids out there and I just don’t get it either. I went to calisthenics when I was a kid. Like your girl we did it for about a year before we were turning into a crying mess before each class and begging our mum to stop. We stopped, thank goodness. I’m glad that you’ve found somewhere fun to go.
p.s. commentluv is giving me some grief on this post, not sure if it’s just me? It says “Error. Parsing JSON Request failed. error! not authorized 2a378bae95″. !!
hi! just wanted to stop by and say hello! I’m your newest follower and i found you through the 52 weeks of grateful which i am doing as well but i’m doing all vlogs! (videos!) which i thought would be fun! anyways, great post, I think it’s wonderful to see what everyone is thankful for cause it just makes me that much more thankful/grateful myself, so thank you!! have a great week!!