Beauty all around us

Pink roses floating in an old white bowl in my kitchen... it makes me smile!?

I woke up this morning grateful for life!! After attending a Relay For Life fund raising event with my family and seeing so many lives that have been touched by cancer, I'm seeing beauty in the simplest things around me once again. I am so grateful for my life and my loved ones.

Take time to enjoy the beauty in your life. You can find it even in the darkest time, if you just slow down long enough to look...

...the patina of my old white metal porch swing next to fresh hydrangea blooms...

...the soul of this old broken bird bath turned into a plant stand...

...rusty, chipped and worn...like all of us...but still loved and fulfilling a purpose...in this case holding my herb garden...

...the worn paint of my kitchen hutch, touched by the length of its life and scarred by life's mishaps...

...but still useful and with a purpose... just like us. We might have a few blemishes (OK maybe more than a few for some of us) but we are made more beautiful with each day that passes and brought into our life's purpose as we learn the lessons that only time can teach us...

...the beauty of a rose given to me by my husband...even though it's on its last leg, it speaks of his love for me...

...the chips, dents and scratches of my kitchen table...from all those special occasions, B-days, Thanksgiving, Christmas, every night family dinners...and all the times my kids jammed their forks into the table top. Good thing I like everything distressed! :) ...

...the patina of dirty little hand prints and scratches from toys on my boys
white play house door... enough said. :)

Have a great day and look for beauty all around you! It's there if you just take the time to look!