Random Acts of Kindness

When was the last time you performed a random act of kindness?

Today I stopped on the way home and gave a ride to an elderly man pushing his groceries home in the pouring rain. His name was Charles and he had been having trouble dodging splashes from the cars as well as pushing the cart through the huge lakes in the road. He was so grateful and such a sweet guy. To my surprise I found that doing something nice for someone else has put me in a really fantastic mood this afternoon!

http://www.actsofkindness.org/

What do you do?

Girl Camp Ruidoso

Hola guapos y guapas!

Girl Camp 2006 was in Ruidoso, New Mexico this year over the first weekend in June. Girl Camp is continuing to evolve with more kids added this year - yippee! and no Jess - sniff, sniff! Everyone I tell about this annual trip says the same thing...that we are lucky to have long-time friends that are important enough to see every year. I didn't think much of it until about the 40th person told me that, these women were just a part of my life and they had never stopped being present. You know what though, I really am lucky. I count on each one for different things in my life, and I think I offer different things to each of them. They are all important to me and all loved and I'm thankful for every one of them. Our friendships ebb and flow as our lives wind in and out but we stay in touch and stay present. Here are some of the pictures I took while we were in NM together last month.

Helen and Sarah, and me with Miranda.



You can't really tell from this picture but Andrew Pretzel Boy was bent almost completely in half over his side, and couldn't have been more comfortable!



It seems that Auntie 'Milla has a soft spot for the babes, since almost all her pictures from this weekend were with one kid or another or three!

Miranda on the left, Sarah on the right.


The faces that Sarah can make!


Again with the grinning! What a ham, just like her mom. :O)


What a lovely smile that girl, Camilla, has too.


Michael was a great supervisor of the babies all weekend, and had a ball with his Auntie 'Milla. "I'm gonna get you!!" followed by vigorous tickling and giggling was heard throughout the house all weekend.


Can you see the baby? She's camoufloged!


On Saturday, we all had massages over the course of the day and traded babysitting for each other. Somehow Debbie wound up in charge of all four at once for a while and she totally had a handle on them all! She even had the situation in enough control to read to Michael. You go, girl!


Camilla, back from one of her power walks, having a snuggle with Miranda.


Jen with a sleeping sweetheart, Andrew. Does this mama look in love or what?