This Week's Moments of Good

It has been a special summer for my son. Normally his dad and I work, and he goes off to summer camp for the day. But a well-timed shoulder surgery for his dad worked out in the little man's favor. He enjoyed it immensely for about the first two months, however the past few weeks have become the "I'm bored" phase of summer. 

Since this is the last week before school starts,  I think he is feeling that time is running out. He's been cramming in lots of random creativity this week. Perhaps it's his gut telling him to get all his "outside the box" thinking done before having to go back to the structure and rules of school.

On Monday, it was home made "fireworks"- a cardboard roll stuffed with ripped up construction paper, and a stick or broom to push them through.

It's really pretty cool...

...minus the task of gathering the bits of paper after each "explosion". He didn't seem to mind too much though and entertained himself and us for a good hour or so.


Tuesday's lovely surprise was that I came home from work and found my big bag of yarn out on the floor and this:

I don't know where he learned to make these, but he can crank them out like a little machine! When he gets motivated, he REALLY gets motivated, although it doesn't happen too often. He made 21 of them, just sitting there like an old granny, content as could be.

After all that hard work, I hung them up in the living room. I keep staring at them, enjoying the bright colors in the room.

Today's moment is a shout out to a very special coworker and friend for her birthday. This amazing young woman is about to volunteer her time to help out orphans in Tanzania for five weeks. It's rare to see people who are willing to spend their time and efforts in such a real and intense way, so she is today's something/someone beautiful!

You can read about the organization she is volunteering with here: http://www.foreverangels.org/


Wednesday's moment, a little together-time craftiness and thoughtfulness. Continuing to send prayers and love to everyone in Texas, and also Louisiana:

 The prayers were put inside the "boats" and sent to sail...

...may they reach you there.