happy mother’s day readers … and to speedy! haha
cyndy tagged me with the six words about me meme. if you want to play this six word meme, just consider yourself tagged (i never tag), and if you do this, let me know, cause i’d like to read your answer. the deal is you just list six words to describe you. i’ve seen this bouncing around the blogs lately. i’ve only seen bloggers write six separate words about themselves. those are neat, too. but i thought of a different approach. six words together that kind of sum up for me how i feel. here’s what i came up with. i like it. it feels soothing to me.
… a tender heart more content now …
i have what i want. my cup runneth over and over. it felt peaceful to come up with this to sum me up lately. i never felt peaceful before a few years ago. i’ve written it plenty here on this blog for this past year. keeps getting better. somebody pinch me, i couldn’t be happier sometimes with the blessings that are bestowed upon me in this life. it sure is hard at times, but the good stuff certainly overshadow the cruddy stuff. you know what those priceless awesome dear things are in your life … and the most important things are not things. sometimes i forget to be, but i am so grateful for the good stuff … like being able to share anything and to laugh hard and freely with someone you love. that’s heaven to me. sharing a sweet moment with someone i care about is the best. i feel like a collector … a collector of priceless tender awh moments. don’t want to take the good stuff for granted.
right now, i am listening to soft love songs on my computer. i also am listening to the soothing sounds of a rainforest (it’s from one of those little boxes that plays your choice of nature sounds like ocean, waterfall, summer night, etc). and the whole room smells like lilacs — one of my favorite smells – because i have a lilac scented candle burning. what peace this feels like. hubby overdid it and gave me too many goodies like these for mother’s day. and i can smell him surprising me with homemade breakfast.
and last night was so fun and unexpected. my 17 y/o teen daughter ~A surprised me. she let me go with her and her friend ~K to a chick flick (that new one with patrick cutie dempsey “made of honor”). adorable movie. she said it was her mother’s day present to me to let me grace her with her presence. haha. ~A got ready to go and she looked all punky (too much makeup and she went wild with all the girlie clothes and combined them radically). she was so proud of her get-up and wanted my reaction. i said, “you look like a freak.” she stared at me. so i added with a giggle, “a cute freak.” she just beamed and bounced out of the room to go show her dad. when ~A and i showed up to meet her friend ~K, the first thing out of ~A’s mouth was, “my mom called me a cute freak!!! hahaha.” they loved it. i was so impressed with ~A’s friend ~K because ~K was respectful, kind, and funny. i heard ~K on her phone tell her dad ”i love you.” and before we left the movie house, ~K jumped back in line to buy her mom some popcorn to take home (she always brings her mom home a new batch of popcorn after a movie. awh!) ~K lives down this outrageous pothole road that hasn’t been fixed, so instead of being really careful and slow, i just felt like blasting my four by four pick-up truck down the wild road. we laughed our guts out over this spontaneous moment. ~K is genuinely fun and it turns out her favorite obsession is xena. she even did an acting bit in school recently where she imitated the xena battlewar cry! hahaha. kewl! and she does it perfect. so i pulled out my xena noisey card from my truck visor and played the xena battle cry for her blblbalblablblabl! we all just laughed. ~K was so thrilled i have that favorite card of mine. i pull it out and play the battlecry sometimes when i want a giggle. it always makes me smile and or chuckle. i love it when i like my daughter’s friends. and this one, i do. and ~A was so happy to be around last night and ~A was so pleased that her friend and i got along and thought each other was cool. they texted each other last night. ~K had told ~A that she liked her mom and thought her mom was really cool. awh. and ~A texted her that my mom loves you and thinks you’re cool. “loves her??” i asked ~A. ~A said that just means you think she’s really cool. so last night and this morning, ~A has just been beaming and talking excitedly happy about last night. really good to share some happy moments with her since yesterday. sweet moments like this give me hope … give me a glimpse of what she might be like as an adult after she moves out. i look forward to my adult relationship with my teen daughters. i hope we will be okay and get along.
no guarantee of tomorrow. all we get is the one moment at a time that we are in. grateful i got to collect one more sweet moment.
peace today, kathleenybeany aka beany 
xoxo
… a tender heart more content now …
PS. added this tonight. daughter ~A gave me a mom’s day noisey card and she recorded a message from her on it. it also played a song for me. but i loved what she wrote in the card, ” … i enjoyed ‘maid of honor’ since you were blessed with my presence … “ hahaha, i laughed and hugged her, and she exclaimed, “you’re crushing me mom!” hehehe
Crushing love….nothing better! :0)
Glad you had a good Mommy Day.
Hi BEany! Happy Mother’s Day! I loved the post about your and your daughter and her friend going to the chick flick. I don’t know what that thing is you are talking about that does the Xena yell, but I confess I was a Xena addict for many many years. LOL.
I loved your six words together! Loved loved loved them. I am thinking that I notice a little envy, cuz I’m not there yet. But what a great thing to aspire to.
I also scanned through the previous posts, loved the quotes, especially about no one really dying if they are remembered or something like that, and that your supervisor (previous) is treating you like a peer and wanting your advice. That is awesome! It speaks to how amazing you are. You must be doing something right, girlfriend!
Sorry I haven’t been a frequent blogger lately. Hubby stays home a lot now and I try to stay off of the computer when he’s home as that makes him … critical is probably the best word.
I had a GREAT mother’s day. Truly enjoyed it. Thanks for your kind comments about my daughter Hannah’s post.
OK. It’s late. After midnight and sooooooooooo tired.
Hugs!~ (Cuz I hear you give great ones!)
Wendy aka Wenderilla aka Wendster
Sounds like the perfect MD! Love that you and ~A had such a nice time.
Your meme-oir is great.
Hope you have a fabulous Monday! ♥ ♥
Now THAT is a great Mother’s Day gift! A memory with A you will have forever! Awesome.
What a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! This is such a wonderful post to read! Glad you had a blast with your daughter and her friend!
First of all Beany, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed yourself. Your daughter sounds like a hoot! Someone I would definately get along with especially is she likes funky, punky clothes!
And your six word meme…wow. Perfect, Beany. Really perfect. Good job girl!
What a sweet post! Sounds like you had a lovely Mother’s day
LOVE your 6 words. I can see how it suits you so well 
Thank you for lighting a candle for me!!! I appreciate the support!
hi ashlee — very true. a cozy smushy hug is awesome (but only with someone you care for, duh
hi wendy loo — the xena battlecry. remember? she would belt out this crazy wild noise right before she jumped into battle. i never liked the show, but when my girls were little, they were obsessed. i would be nearby and just crack up everytime i heard xena yell out that battlecry. still cracked me up to this day. glad you liked the six words, thank you. don’t be envious, just strive to embrace it doll like you are doing. wow, i was so impressed at your daughter’s post about you this weekend. she choked me up what she said about her mama. you’re doing something awesome in their lives. no worries. blog without obligation. cozy hugs to ya you bet.
hi TARa — thanks, yes i was surprised and shocked that ~A and i had such fun together. there is hope. man, i love your hilarious bunny slippers. and loved the way you introduced them in your post. you cracked me up.
hi lena beana — i know, it was really surprising and sweet.
hi mama — thanks, yes, very nice.
hi nikki — hey girl. you and ~A would probably love putting together the same funky freaky outfits, i have no doubt. i was quite proud of myself calling her a “cute freak.” i really got a kick out of that and also that she was so pleased i said that to her and she be bopped out of there and announced it eagerly to her friend. i was totally honest with her. thanks for the praise on the six word meme. it is hard to just limit yourself to six words. less is more is often hard to do. glad you came by again. i am still giggling over your helmet troll post.
hi sandy — awh, thanks. hey, i loved your story about your little angel crawling into your lap, holding your hand, and falling asleep cuddled into you. i almost felt like i was there as i read that totally adorable awh moment. she is a lucky girl to have you for her mama.
hi heather — you’re welcome. you do great at all you touch.
peace, kathleen
xo
Your six words are fantastic. Just reading about the peacefulness somehow slows me a little–in a good way.
Your trip was a trip! I hope to have great adult friendships with my daughters…when they become adults of course. For now, like you said, “all we get is the one moment of time that we are in.”
xxoo
hi angela — awh, thanks, i love what you said here. needed to hear this yesterday when i saw your note arrive in my email. perfect timing. thank you for telling me this made you feel a little peaceful to read this.
peace, kathleen
happy late Mother’s Day!
It’s the 6 word memoir tag. I was tagged and did it too.
hi carrie — thanks. i liked doing this 6 word thingy, too.