This Week at Ramsey Farms (5.10.14)

I realize that I'm letting the sale of my house (or lack thereof) bring me down. I need to be more appreciative of the things that are still important. I'm having a tough time being stagnant. I feel that I found "The" Farm. I've been approved for a mortgage. I am ready to pack it up and go! :) Oh yeah, one sticking point...I gotta sell the current home before buying another one. I am not going to tell you all the lurid details about how I've listed my house at least twice prior and I still own it, so you see how that went.

Farmhand Chris keeps reminding me that the house as only been on the market for a week and a half. Furthermore had the first showing on the very first day it hit the market. (Ho hum, that is the only showing to date.)

This week I am going to purposely reflect and refocus. I will remember what is truly important - my children, my family, my friends, my health, my work, my garden, my dreams, my goals, my aspirations. I will not allow myself to miss out on a sunset and I will make sure to catch glimpses of sunrise. I will watch bees in the garden, listen to the cacophony of birds that fills these backyards, I will deeply inhale the fragrance of honeysuckles every day, I will marvel at the growing vegetables in the garden and eat plenty of fresh salads filled with lettuces and leafy greens, carrots, radishes, sweet peas, and onions from my garden (topped with our homemade croutons and Italian dressing).

During this period of stagnation, there is still work to be done, client deadlines to meet, dinners to cook, breads to bake, dishes to wash, laundry to clean, tables to wipe, floors to sweep, beds to make, children to love, errands to run, gardens to weed and tend, and all the mundane routine things one must contend with on a daily basis. As well as end-of-school-year events, dances, parties, programs, graduations, weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, and social activities that occur this month.

My four year old told me twice this week that, "You can't move forward if you're standing still." He was actually being a brat and ordering me to go get him a snack, but poor manners aside the kid had a profound point. "You can't move forward if you're standing still." Therefore progress and life and the pursuit of dreams, goals, and peace/liberty/justice for all must continue moving forward in some way inch by excruciatingly slow inch.

"You can't move forward if you're standing still." -MJCR