Right now!

We live in a day and age where we are just one click away from loved ones. I understand its definitely not the same as being in physical presence and contact with loved ones, but it definitely makes life a little bit easier and distances a little more bearable.
I see my mother as often as three times a week, depending... She lives between Egypt and U.A.E, and I currently live in the good ol' U. S. of A. as you all should know by now. ( really you didn't know, well now you know... read my profile. It's like two lines, c'mon!)

I definitely still miss her, I still yearn for curling up next to her under a thick blanket ( in winter!) on our living room couch, in-front of a TV screen that's never off, yet never watched( Egyptians have this tendency to keep TV's on forever. If you ask them why they'll say, to feel there are people around, or for company. It's true!)

I miss her cooking which, I always ask about in our conversations. Sometimes I make her bring the dish up to the web-cam so I could see it up close.( there's nothing like your mother's food, even if she's not a great cook. Though my mom is definitely a great cook) I miss her smell, I miss her hand squeezes, I even miss her tears. Happy tears to share and sad ones to wipe out and comfort.
I don't think I could've lived away from her if we weren't living in this day and age. My husband told me they used to have a wake for Irish people when they left to America in the olden times.
God I'm so grateful.
I do listen to this song from time to time ( I can't listen to it often though, I start bawling whenever I listen to it, sometimes it's good to cry your eyes out though, if you know what I mean, and that's when I need to listen to it... No worries it doesn't happen a lot)

Wow, look at my stray thought... I was actually blogging to tell you about this:

For some time now I started doing this thing where I send right now pictures of the girls and special "nows" ( I know it's not a word!) in our lives to loved ones.
So for what it's worth I am sharing a right now with you from this morning, after all, you are loved ones, aren't you? *wink*



Have lovely mornings, evenings and afternoons.

Peace...

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A few hours later... right now::

My first attempt at a no knead bread.

A year of mornings::36/365

A couple of days back we were blessed with lovely weather. So of course I snatched the chance and strapped the girls in the double stroller, and off we went. This photo was taken on my way back home. I looked up and that's what I saw.
You can check the rest of my mornings if you click on the photo. It should take you to my flickr photo stream.

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On a different note. Have you been checking my changing list of Awesome-ness side bar. If you haven't check out "her morning elegance", my favorite music video yet. I love the way they shot it in stop motion. Different than any stop motion I've seen. My favorite part is when she falls and dives into the water. The song is lovely too.

Peace!

This part is added:

I just noticed I blogged twice today. Hmm.
I get confused when I blog in the day time, 'cause I usually don't have time to blog during the day. so how about you read that post tomorrow... Cool!

I'm back

From Madison and I'm pretty tuckered out. But I still wanted to say hello to my blog and to you guys. So this is going to be a short one.

How about a photo from my morning today?

21/365



Peace

A year of mornings

A couple of weeks back I signed up on flickr. On the same exact day I dropped my (our) digital camera and broke it irreversibly. Ha! (typical)
I didn't get discouraged though, I figured a phone camera is as good as any. Plus I don't want to be a professional, I just like to try out shots, angles and just play around.

I found this neat group called " A year of mornings" inspired by a book with the same title and joined. I don't know if I'll commit to a whole year, but for now I am enjoying it. Documenting a specific detail from my morning every day in this form has already made me more mindful, and observant of small details and simple everyday blessings. I wonder how I'll feel when I look back at this project. For now it's carzy fun! I might be popping every now and then and sharing one of my mornings with you.

Here's todays photo ( buds of spring) day 11/365


if you click on it, you'll go to my flickr account.

Peace and happy happy spring:)

a warm day

Itʻs 60 degrees out today:)






Me and the girls enjoyed a nice sunny morning at the park.

Peace.

Mornings

A typical morning for our family, in elapsed time form:





5:30 am, baba wakes up and prays, then struggles to wake mama up.

6:00 am, mama wakes up and prays then goes back to sleep

6:30 am, baba takes baby and toddler( giving mama an extra half an hour or so of sleep)

blank (I have no idea what baba does during this time, I have assumptions but only he can fill the blanks).

7:30 am, baba wakes mama up in a rush( heʻs late for school!)

7:45 am, mama reluctantly wakes up and takes over the girls.

8:00 am, babaʻs gone, mama is listening to NPR, preparing breakfast, nursing a baby, washing some dishes from last night( sometimes) all at once.

9:15 am, baby fed and napping, mama and toddler drawing and cutting some paper shapes(we draw and cut Totoro, soot gremlins, and/or anything from "My neighbor Totoro". Currently a family favorite.

10:00 am, babysitter arrives, mama runs to try to clean, cook, shower, do laundry, nap..in the fastest two hours in the world.

12:00 pm, Baby sitter leaves, toddler naps, baby is up, mama is exhausted and realizes itʻs only 12 noon.

How are your mornings?

Peace.