Thought 14: Connecting in Meaningful Ways 30 Day Challenge

Sometimes it's easy as a parent to get wrapped around the axle of wanting for our children to the point where we're not passing on a healthy appreciation for today's blessings, but an unhealthy wanting, wanting, wanting, for whatever lies down the road. The problem with today's world is that things are loved and people are used, when in truth it should be the other way around, people should be loved and things used. In the end the world won't likely remember how much we made or what kind of a house we lived in, or what kind of a car we drove, but how we make people feel may be passed down for generations to come. This is what we should be passing on to our children. This is what will change the world, in the end.

With Love,
Betsy

Day 32

Charlie with one of his "finds", a plastic bow that he happily carried with him on his walk, tossing it into the air and catching it, and then bringing it up with him to the condo.  He is such a HAPPY CAMPER!  Charlie greets me in the morning by "knocking" on my bedroom door, to see if I am awake, and then he SLATHERS me with kisses when I sit down with him and my cup of coffee in the AM.  Charlie is a charmer!

Day 26

This photo was taken just north of Birmingham, Alabama, at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant/Store.  There is something about flower beds densely planted, profuse in color, that make me HAPPY!  I get happier, and happier, the further south I go.  It's the BEST to be driving this 18 hours and seeing the change in the landscape.