Welcoming

Saturday, 1 August 2020

Welcoming

One of my favourite parts of the day is Welcoming my children or Hubby home.

Welcoming defined as “behaving in a polite or friendly way to a guest or new arrival”; “friendly and pleasant, especially to someone who has just arrived at a place”.

Most of the time now, I pick up my children from school which I love to do. I get so excited when it is my time on carline and my daughter gets in my car and I love being so Welcoming to her, so happy and friendly and excited as she gets in the car and tells me all about her day.

I also love when I pick my son up and I see him running towards me and I embrace him and love Welcoming him into my arms.

Welcoming brings me Joy.

When my Hubby is picking up my children or has been out with my children for the day, I love when I hear his car door shut, and I stop everything and run to the door. I want to be ready and waiting to be present and Welcoming with my children. I am excited and happy and full of Joy - and I love when they see me and run to me. I want them to always know that I will also be full of love for them and in me they can trust that I will always be Welcoming to them.

I smile at them and they smile at me and my heart is so full of love and Joy.

When my Hubby has been out shopping I also like to jump up and greet him at the door as I want him to know how much I love him too. I am grateful to my Hubby and love Welcoming him home.

In those moments of Welcoming I feel so much Joy.

I also love when friends come over too - our friends, my friends, my Hubby’s friends, my children’s friends and parents - and I love Welcoming them. There is excitement and the feeling of possibilities. There is Joy.

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I Choose Joy

Today is Mother’s Day 2020 - I love being a Mum and I love celebrating special occasions with my beautiful family - I am blessed.

As a Mum there is so much to do and so much to get done. As a Mum I am on a Mission to be the best Mum I can be - this is what is most important to me. I do love the word Mission, defined as “an important goal or purpose that is accompanied by strong conviction”.

Today I am setting a simple Mission for the year ahead - to be Joyful or Joy Filled.

I love the word Joyful, defined as “experiencing, causing or showing Joy”. I also love the idea of Joy Filled - where the word Fill means “to make, to become full, to use empty space”, and Joy means “delight, pleasure, happiness” and to be filled with Joy means “to be extremely happy, content, to be delighted”.

I love when you feel Joy - it is felt in the heart - it lights you up and warms your heart and creates an imprint in our memory.

I will be actively choosing and pursuing Joy, and deliberating creating Joy to colour our days and nights.

I am making a commitment to write 100 posts over the next one year, two per week, as an opportunity to record my thoughts, insights, discoveries. This is my journey and I write these posts to be the best Mum I can be - it is not intended to give advice - it is my brave process and adventure, and this Blog is about keeping me accountable too.

I am actively going to pursue Joy Starters and be conscious of, and proactive with, the Joy Robbers. And I want to teach my children the importance of Joy too. I really want my children to be happy and Joyful, where each night as we go to sleep we are at peace.

I am hoping that when I reach Mother’s Day 2021, I will look back on the year and really feel that it was Joyful, and that in this process I learn new tips and tricks for my life.