Guest Post Courtenay: Full to the Brim

My bucket is brimming, full to the very top of life, children, love, joy, and creativity.  With every step I take, I carry it carefully, trying to keep every golden drop safely in the bucket so I don’t waste a moment.My bucket contains everything I have always wanted, everything my heart has ever desired:

The love of my life, my husband, who walks hand-in-hand with me on the journey of our life together.  He is patient, gentle and loving.  He is funny, smart and responsible.  He makes me smile, laugh and blush every day.  He is a caring and selfless father.  Best of all? He loves me.  And he would rather spend any minute of his spare time with me and with our kids than any pastime.  He is mine and I am his and I have never — not once — questioned that bond.  We are supposed to be us.If my husband is the love of my life, my children are its purpose.  We waited until we were darn old to start our family and my, oh my, was it ever worth the wait.  I see absolute perfection in my children – I’m not saying that they are perfect, but that they are perfectly themselves and their little selves fit perfectly into my heart, like interlocking puzzle pieces snapping together to form a complete picture.  I have never felt more at peace than I do holding a sleepy babe in my arms, my world both infinitesimal and exponentially huge at one.  I am struck breathless by each of them daily as I watch them grow, learn and discover.

From these fertile grounds of love and joy, creativity springs like a geyser.  Motherhood unlocked my voice and it sings, sings, sings.  I write, I dance, I sing, I play and I love every minute of it.  I don’t care who is watching and I am happy to make a gushing fool of myself.

So, you see, my bucket is already quite full.  So full, that when Brook asked me to share my bucket list, my first thought was, “I don’t have a bucket list!”

I don’t have any plans, but will take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves. I don’t have unmet desires, but am happy to try new experiences that come my way.  All I want to do is live honestly and keep my soul open to the many miracles that dance by on the wind, dandelion seeds carrying possibility and adventure.  I make a wish and blow, hoping that my children grow to embrace their world and themselves.  Magic is all around and you don’t need a fairy to show you the way to unfettered joy; look inward and embrace all that is good and amazing.

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Courtenay is a happily married working mama of two young kids, infant twins, two cats, a flock of chickens, and one large dog… Life is good! Motherhood is a full-contact sport; sometimes she wins, sometimes she loses — but she always has fun playing. She is funny, irreverent, and sarcastic — not for the faint of heart. Her blog Soup isn’t a gross-out blog, but the inherent danger of parenting involves discussing more bodily fluid than she ever thought possible.

 

6 thoughts on “Guest Post Courtenay: Full to the Brim

    1. You are very welcome…I truly loved this today. After this long three weeks of filling my bucket, I needed to remember to slow down and look at what’s right in front of me. My bucket IS pretty full already. 🙂

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