One of the challenges of parenting is doing things for ourselves... and yet, it is also one of the most important as not only is it nurturing us so we can be our best but it is teaching our kids to nurture themselves too!!

I posted on the Love List today - and here are the five I posted:

I love opening the door of my home in the evening – that first feeling that washes through me of relaxation.  I can put everything down and settle in, if only for a moment.  
I love the warmth of my daughter’s hand in mine – the curl of her fingers and the warmth of her skin.  It matters not what is happening in our lives as hand in hand, we work through them together.  
I love the first bite of a tree ripened peach.  The juice wetting my lips and chin and the fruit seems to truly melt in my mouth.  It is a taste of the sweetest part of summer.  
I love sliding into a freshly made bed and pulling up the patchwork quilt on a cool night – the night warm enough to have the windows open but cool enough to require the warmth of the hand sewn quilt.
I love the weight of the cat curled at my feet – my toes wiggling beneath the warmth.  His sleep assuring me that all is right in my world.