Haiku my heart- anniversary

and six years ago

with love and laughter we chose

to face it together

My husband and I will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary this weekend.  So much has happened in this last six years- the most important being the birth of our two children.  We definitely do not look like we did in this picture!  A lack of sleep and the trials and tribulations of parenthood have definitely made us both look a bit more frayed around the edges.  But I am glad we are facing it all together.  

Hopefully this year we can try to go on a date!  

I missed my haiku last week.  I think my general sleepiness is impacting my ability to be creative.

This week I began work on my cigar box shrine.

Here is a peek at my first drawing...

She will be painted- and applied to the inside of the cigar box.

I have some other ideas that involve a jar of corn and chile that I bought tonight at Trader Joes.

More pictures to come!

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Haiku my heart - branches

A second haiku - but no picture

It is past midnight
the baby is wide awake
and I am sleepy


wish me luck... 6 am comes early!

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Haiku my Heart- Leo

You can melt my heart

with your laughter and kisses

my beautiful boy

I decided for today, I would write about my son for a change!  My little girl often steals the spotlight, but today she fell asleep in the back seat- and it was my little boy who entertained me on the drive home... blowing kisses at me and laughing with that tiny little voice that makes my heart ache.

 

I have been so busy with my monster art, raising my family, being sick, and working too much - that I have neglected my Caya Papaya blog.  I am definitely on the mend, and  have some art ideas that I need to work on before they escape me... so hopefully, this week I can check in before next Friday's Haiku!

And as always... please drop by the lovely Rebecca's blog at

Recuerdo mi Corazon

to find more Haikus or to join us.

To find out more about Haiku my Heart

Click the lovely photo by Deb did it

 

Haiku my Heart - cactus

the hot desert sun

kisses pink and red blooms that

grow from twisted spines

This is the only picture I could find in my archive today that inspired me.  I took it in New Mexico about five years ago.  I love New Mexico- and still dream that one day I can move the family away from the ridiculously over priced bay area and settle here among the red dirt and amazing sunsets.

On another note, I was better for a couple of days but now I am sick again.  I got a chest x-ray this morning, and the Doctor confirmed I have pneumonia.  It is so hard to be sick with children.  They need you, regardless of whether you have a 104 fever or feel like someone is stabbing you in the chest.  So, that is what I am struggling with today.  I guess I am the spiny cactus- but  I still need to find ways to nurture my little blossoms.  

Anyone have pneumonia before?  What do you do about the chest pain?

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Haiku my Heart - spiral staircase

all is flight and light

climbing a spiral staircase

to get somewhere else

I missed the last couple of weeks due to unbelievable sickness- but I am feeling somewhat better now.  I didn't really understand when I was young without children that being sick, sleeping for days, and letting everything go is a luxury that a mother doesn't have.  My body finally completely exhausted itself and I ended up in the ER getting IV fluids.  I got better just in time to take care of my sick little ones.  Now everyone is on the mend- and life is feeling a bit more manageable.

I am having a give away on my other blog- so drop by and leave a comment:-)  alphabetty monster give-away I hope everyone out there is feeling healthy and taking care of yourself!

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