“As you walk to the boundary of your understanding into the twilight of uncertainty, exercising faith, you will be led to find solutions you would not obtain otherwise.” Elder Richard G. Scott.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

L days number 2 AND a milestone.

We are celebrating "L" days, a celebration of my sons soon to be 10th birthday. Today, he wanted us to draw a picture of a monster for him. Now no one out there LOVES art the way L does. So his request was that we made up a monster of a mammal and a reptile.
And it had to come with it's own secret weapon. Whatever we want it to be.
I was going to take a picture BUT L wanted to keep the pictures private, so private they are. 
I love that we can do little things to help him celebrate this milestone in his life. 
The most important thing is how important HE feels! 
Yesterday cost nothing.
We all did what he had chosen. 
And we all loved it.

Now, he did say that today, I could share my milestone with everyone.
1 year.
365 days.
8760 hours.
525600 minutes.
31536000 seconds.
no diet coke. 
I never ever in a million years would have thought that I would have made it 24 hours. 
The headache at hour 12 made me reconsider all I had said.
BUT I DID IT!
I can actually do something!
Thank-you all so much for your encouragement. 
It means more than anyone could ever know.
And thank-you to my cousin A for starting the conversation on it. 
I would have never done it otherwise. 
I appreciate your support!

4 comments:

JRoberts said...

What a fun present for L. Having those pictures of monsters (whatever they look like) will be fun for him to look at later.

CONGRATULATIONS (that is me shouting and jumping for joy) on your milestone! GREAT JOB!!!

Kimara said...

You go girl! Now if only I could give up sugar! Monster pictures....I have a few of those on my camera..of me!

amber said...

so proud of you and so happy that you are proud of you! It is big to let go of an addiction.
You give me new ideas on how to show your kids that you love them....great present for L.
lots of love sent your way!
Amber
xoxox

amber said...

so proud of you! not only for breaking an addiction, but also for being proud of yourself!
You give me new ideas on how to show your kids how much you love them. Awesome present for L.

xoxo
Amber