As summer wraps up, I have been having a difficult time landing on a topic to present to you. I have so many themes running around my head, design ideas, sumptuous photos, and beautiful food to show you… and like the season, all ripe for the picking. Yet, my mind keeps landing on something different…
While on vacation I saw a bumper sticker that stuck with me. This bumper sticker reads, “Don’t Postpone Joy.” I can’t get it out of my head. There have been a few tragic losses in my immediate community – families that have lost their fathers in strange and surprising ways. Immediate ways. I keep coming back to the fact that life can be taken from us swiftly, permanently, and without apology. Maybe it is the nursing hormones still in my system post-baby, but all I want to do is wrap my family in a forcefield to protect this life that we are leading, right now, in this minute. I feel scared and thankful all at the same time and then I think… “Don’t Postpone Joy.”
Have you ever read something from a crazy source that just resonates? Sometimes I feel this way about Lululemon shopping bags. The bags are stamped with all sorts of truths or mantras such as, “That which matters the most should never give way to that which matters the least.” Or, “Do one thing a day that scares you.” “Breathe deeply and appreciate the moment. Living in the moment could be the meaning of life.” You get the idea… All good thoughts. Sometimes cliche, but still probably true and certainly good reminders.
We live with so much hustle and bustle. School is beginning, we are all getting back into our cherished and hated routines, and I feel it is especially important to clear my mind, remembering what is important. My kids are accomplishing milestones, having growth spurts and tantrums and leaving the nest in little ways each day. In the next few weeks I am sure that my baby will start to walk… All of this makes me both proud and desperately wish that I could stop time. “Don’t Postpone Joy.”
So here, right now, I will present a few moments of our Joy over the last few months and try to encourage you to think of yours. “Don’t Postpone Joy.”