Mum On A Mission - Joyful: September 2021

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Birthdays

I love Birthdays. I love celebrating Birthdays with my family. I love preparing for Birthdays.

Birthdays bring Joy.

On the weekend I turned 50 years and I had the best Birthday. I loved waking up with my beautiful family and then seeing my Mum and Dad and then enjoying the afternoon and evening with my wonderful husband and children. It was so special being spoilt. My hubby is so thoughtful and generous and I absolutely love my presents.

It is special being my Birthday as then two days later is my darling daughter’s Birthday. And we do love Birthdays.

We love having a theme for our children and making it special. It is a Joy to organise them and plan them together with my husband and an absolute Joy watching my children be so Joyful. My daughter had the best day on her Birthday and it was so much fun - from the beginning of the day opening presents and the Zoom party and then the treasure hunt at the park and then dinner and a special Birthday cake.

It’s always good after Birthdays to feel a sense of Joy that the days went well. I also love making photobooks of our Birthdays. By looking back on the photos (and there are always hundreds of photos) I get to re-live the Birthdays and this brings me Joy again.

Now that the Birthdays are over, there is slight disappointment, and so I keep looking at the photos to keep bringing in the Joy. I will also take time to allow new inspiration to come to me. And we look forward to the next Birthday or next event.

I know my son is always counting down to his Birthday and Christmas will be here before we know it.

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.