That would be me...the tortoise.....very slow. It took me 10 years to decide about how we would best remodel our house. I clipped photos from magazines (thousands of magazines) and read book after book. I checked the internet for updates on what appliances, windows, contractors, paint colors, flooring, cabinetry, design, to see what felt was right. I checked to see if we were within our budget while still obtaining quality materials. Maybe it's my metabolism but I feel like I have always been this way, checking things out thoroughly before I put my toe in the water. S....L....O....W..... (right mom?)
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| Tim & Jeanette at Tahoe cabin |
My two brothers would try to get me to ski down "gun barrel" in our teens, at Heavenly Valley but NO, I was quite content to go down the bunny slopes and work on my turns.....for years!!!
I wasn't like that when I met Mr. B......I knew he was the one. My friend invited me to a local baseball game....he was the catcher on an adult softball league. Instantly I knew he was kind, had a good heart, was very interesting, sweet, handsome, funny, loving, and deep.
I wasn't like that when I was ready for children....I think I knew that decision from the age of 4......but it kind of amazes me that I can feel in my soul that these huge decisions are right but I can take forever picking out the right vet for our dogs, or deciding on what plants need to go where in the garden, or what color to paint the kitchen.
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| 20+ warm yellow kitchen colors (there were 3 other walls with similar swatches!) - our patient contractor....... |
Maybe some things are written in your DNA ...or in your soul. Kind of like a bird knows when to make a nest, then sit on it and then (like our backyard Canadian Goose nest) she knows when to leave it because the eggs are not ever going to hatch.
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| A Robin's nest |
I hope all three boys grow up to be just like their dad! (Well maybe without the BIG glasses!)
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| Jon & Jim |
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| Jim & Tyler |
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| Tyler & Lily |
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| Andy & Jim |
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| Kayli & Andy |
“Nature is slow, but sure; she works no
faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the
race by her perseverance.” -Henry David Thoreau,
naturalist and author (1817-1862)
