Coffee 101

Lots of stuff you need to know, brought to you by my love of coffee, whilst sitting in a coffee shop, sipping the coffee (s) , and feeling' the buzz.

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M.

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Life. This is it folks!

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. It's what happens between dinner and the dishes. It is dinner and the dishes. Life is exactly this. It is what you are doing at this exact moment. It's the stuff that fills up the cracks, the time, the moments wasted and the moments utilized in the most spectacular way. It is the tension of am I doing enough and I am doing too much- it's the fine line between the decision to stay or go. It is every waking moment and every minute of shut eye. This is it. This is life.

How are you spending your life? are you planning it? are you waiting for it to start?  are you embracing it- every teeny tiny minuscule moment of it?

my egg... apparently I grow'em perfect <3

While we were going through fertility treatments it was all about getting ready for life to start, hoping, planning, dreaming into the future- and those moments of planning and hoping are all part of it... when we hit our fourth round (yup 4) of IVF, I was in a different place, I could enjoy them moments, I could breathe through the uncomfortable, cherish the tears, and find joy in the journey. We got to see some of the most spectacular things, we learned how my body worked, I got to see my eggs- now you get to see it :) You are welcome. Not many people have seen this... this photo carried so much hope, so much love, and so many prayers. I have an influx of emotions as I'm writing this, looking at this photo. It is transporting me back to a different time in my life... and it is those times, the laughter, the tears, the nothings,  that all make up life.

Life is what happens between coffee and wine. It's what happens between the moment your eyes open in the morning, and the next time your eyes open... it is all around you, are you recognizing it? or are you waiting for it to happen? This is it folks. The one amazing thing about life, is that we have the ability to make it what we want... no we cannot opt out of tragedy, or pain, or floods of emotions that take us by storm, but we can choose to rejoice through it all knowing that this is the life. It is the unfinished quilt in my basement, it is the finished painting hanging in your home, it is the sudden loss, it is the unexpected news, it is mowing the lawn, it is coffee with a friend... it is all around you, are you living it?

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M.

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Father's Day.

This weekend we celebrate our first heroes, our first best friend, our driving instructors, our life guard (after he threw you in the pool to teach you how to swim), our ally when we really, really, really, wanted a puppy for our birthday, our partner in crime, the best farter in the world... our Dads, our Pops, our Fathers.

If yours was anything like mine, you get all of the above.
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M.

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2015: http://lostbumblebee.blogspot.com/2015/06/fathers-day.html
2014:  http://lostbumblebee.blogspot.com/2014/05/fathers-day.html

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As a Mother comforts her child...

As a Mother comforts her child...So I'll comfort you.

In this time of pain, and sadness, there are no words... our hearts break, our minds just don't understand... so we just stand and feel... and hurt.

Please share love... don't propagate hate, teach your children the value of human life, no matter the lifestyle of the human... love is the only answer please teach your children to love.

M.

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Every Morning.

Every day is a new day, every morning new mercies abound, every hour is a new opportunity to make a new decisions, another choice, a change... 

I remember when I was taking my education degree and my professor told me one day, "Melissa, when you feel like it's all going to pot... just stop, breathe and start again. Even if you have 30 little humans staring at you... stop, breathe, start again..."  I've taken this advice to heart, I often stop and restart my day, or a project, or a moment, or a conversation. The beauty of it is that usually I don't have 30 little humans staring at me, and all it takes is a deep breathe and the belief that this time it is going to be different... and when all else fails, I take a nap :) 

So what do you need to stop in your life today, what do you need to restart, or even start? Knowing that new mercies abound every morning, what risk are you willing to take? What dream are you willing to pursue?

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M.

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