A Mia Medley

So in the blogging world, NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) was started to encourage bloggers to write every day for a month. It was inspired by the National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo which happens every November.

While I'm obviously 4 days behind in October, I'm attempting to post daily this month. Maybe it'll be just a picture, maybe more but its a little challenge I'm putting on myself.

So please, I encourage you to stop by as much as you can. And while I've never actually admitted it, I do love to read comments. So, if you've ever thought about commenting and didn't, please do. Open exchange is always good.

Okay, here's a little video we put together over the summer for our daughter Mia. She's hilarious and I could watch her dance for hours!

A Little Recital

I've been around nursing homes quite a bit since I spent most of my summer breaks working at one. It can be terribly heartbreaking one day and thoroughly uplifting the next. Yet some of my greatest advice has been given to me by my "friends" I met there. Without a doubt, I adored that job above any other.

Every so often my kids will perform a little recital at our local nursing home in hopes of brightening someone's day and making someone smile. We've been doing this for a couple of years now and each time is special and funny and adorably cute. But beneath it all, I want my kids to know the real meaning of compassion. And selflessness. And maybe they won't understand all of it right away, but I hope one day they will.

Until then, baby steps.

And here's some bonus material. Mia, my 4 year old, closed out our nursing home recital with a little solo that she learned in school. 

She signs the song What a Wonderful World and every single time I see it,  I smile. 

And tear up. 

It's my job.