Fresh Start...

The back of my head... swirl and all.

We went on a nice drive this weekend for Mother's Day. It was so fun to see all of the wildflowers along the highway, the new baby animals in the fields... A nice spring drive always feels so refreshing to me.

It made me think a lot about my life right now. I sort of feel like a brand new flower peeking out of the earth. I feel like I'm seeing many things with new eyes. I feel very humbled to be given a fresh start in so many different ways in my life right now.

One very apparent way that I am starting over is this head of new baby hair that I'm growing. I took some pictures of the back of my head and I was so happy to see that there really is hair back there!!! It's been a while. And I'm relieved that it is still blonde.

Over this past year of trial I've been thinking a lot about my life. The things that are in it that I love, the things that are in it that really shouldn't be. The things that I really want to be in my life that are not, mainly because I haven't put forth the effort to have them there. It's time to start fresh, it's time to weed out all of the unnecessary things and put in the things that are truly so important. Here are a few things that need to be part of my life more::

- I want to spend more time outside. The sun gives me energy, makes me feel warm and alive. I want to spend more time out there with my family.

- Time to get rid of all the junk food that I've been filling my body with and eat good healthy food. I've been trying to do this more and more, but this last week I literally threw out all the junk. We now have a huge bowl full of fruits and veggies and are switching our diets to a more plant based diet.

- I want to wear more skirts. I want to feel more feminine. There is nothing like being bald to make you feel not so girly...

- I want to have less things in my house. I just want to have what's necessary. I feel like I have too much stuff lying around and it's just weighing me down.

- I want to put more pictures up on the wall. Right this second I have a total of 5 pictures up in my whole house. If home is where your heart is then I want my home to reflect my heart...

- I want to not be so hard on myself. I don't have to be the best at everything, I just have to do what I love to do and what I am good at and forgive myself for the rest.

- I want my husband and son to know that they are the most important things in my life. More important than a show on tv, or the computer, or whatever it is that I spend my precious time doing instead of spending it with them. Times when we are all together is family time, not time to be distracted by other things.

- I want other people in my life to know that they are important to me. I want to spend more time listening to others and less time talking about myself.

I think that's a pretty good list for now. I'm grateful for this fresh start in life.

What things do you wish were a bigger part of your life that aren't right now?