Breakfast With Angels
Good Morning Fellow Angels! Grab your coffee, pull up a chair and draw a card!!!! We invite you to a unique Mother/Daughter blogging experience that is sure to bring you some nourishment, laughter, inspiration and fun!
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About Us
Why Breakfast?
Morning is a great time of day, bringing rays of warm sunshine and thoughts of new beginnings. It primes the canvas for a day of painted experiences. There's no better way to start those experiences than with a BIG cup of Java and a Mother/Daughter conversation.
Due to our opposing schedules, we felt the need to work in a once a week visit with each other. Something we could count on and look forward to. We decided about 3 months ago, before sunrise to start meeting at our local Cracker Barrel. My body clock is always off due to my work schedule on the road and she needs to be at work in the early hours of the day. It all worked out perfect! Every week we sit at the same table, being served by the same waitress, holding the same excitement to see each other and do nothing but GAB!
Why Angels?
With an hour STILL seeming too short, we decided to get our breakfast "to go" and start a weekly blog. To bring each other to a more present place during the week, all while nourishing our relationship while apart, we decided to keep a affirmation at heart. Each breakfast sitting we will draw from a stack of angel cards and focus on that specific card for the upcoming week ahead. Each Angel Card holds a powerful affirmation. Our posts will be spontaneous as we update each other on how the chosen "Angel Of The Week" flew into our daily events. To make this an even more interactive experience for YOU, Mom and I have collaborated on some reflection questions to help guide your angel card journey. Grab a pen, some paper and see where this weeks Angel will guide you!
- In Much Love & Coffee, Angie and Jen
This Week's Angel Card!
How will it play a part in your week?
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Abundance
Hi Jen!
The essence of our Angel Card this week has resonated in so many ways, particularly as I go about the seasonal change out of holiday decorations. Out with the creepy jack-o-lanterns as they turn their faces to the wall. It's time for their backsides to take center stage. I pulled out the banner handcrafted from last year and unfurled each letter. T..H..A..N..K..F..U..L. Each pennant coming to a point, holding the name of someone in our family. It represents the abundance of love, family, and traditions in our home. So that was the obvious reflection on the word. But where is the deeper meaning? What happens in an empty nest where the number of people decreases? Where families spend less time together? Where is the abundance in that void?
I put the thought aside, knowing it would present itself later. Your Dad and I set out for Costco to buy a new tree. Our 13 foot behemoth had begun to show its age (9) and had simply become way more of a chore to put up and decorate than need be. As I stood there in the aisle between the giant bows and lawn reindeer, I gazed at the pristeen 13' tree with LED lights that would be our replacement. Next to it, the 9' tree...dwarfed by it's insanely big brother. My eyes shifted back and forth. Tallest. Tall. Tallest. Tall. There was no difference at all. they were both...well...way taller than me! It dawned on me in that moment...abundance isn't about what you have (because that is never hardly enough to our human egos). It's real power lies in the void. The empty - ness. It's that comparison between something and nothing that gives value to the idea of abundance. "More than enough" can be a family of one that's happy to be alive, or a sapling that holds a branch of berries instead of treasured heirloom ornaments and tinsel. Simply, abundance isn't about having a lot of something. For me, it's about having peace with the idea of less. I'm abundantly satisfied with anything. 9' tree? Now I can decorate it easier and taking it down will be easier. Sometimes less really is more!
Love Mom
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Hey Mom!!!
Don't know if it's because I am a dancer who likes to shake her butt, but at first glance of the word "Abundance" I immediately see "A-BUN-DANCE" LOL!! Okay okay okay ... on a serious note ....
Awwwwwwww ..... gonna miss that mighty green giant!!! Soooo many memories and fowl language came along with putting that damn thing up every year lol. Once up though, it was a magical sight! Growing up with it was quite the childhood experience. Hey, as long as I can lie on my back on the floor and light gaze from below, I am a happy camper ;) Would only be difficult with a desk tree ;)
I am glad to hear that you and Dad decided to downsize, bringing a new family member to your awesome collection of holiday decor. I absolutely agree with you about seeking abundance from going without. I often like to find the "something-ness" in "nothing-ness". Like the "nothing-ness" of last night's surprise. As much as I LOVE to see my Mom and Brother, I was totally bummed to not see Dad with you all. Even though ensured me that he would be on his way once he finished some work at the house, I was still bothered that he was missing. As the night continued on, I realized that it gave me a chance to sit with you and catch up. I even snuck some quality time in with Christian before he started to hang with Erik. Although our meals were already finished by the time he arrived, I was thrilled to serve him dinner and catch up a bit in private. My sad surprise turned happy as I realized the abundance of love that evening. It was much needed that I was able to spend quality time with EACH of you vs all of you at once. Isn't it crazy to think that I actually see you all more now? This being home for 4 days a week thing is making life easier to prioritize. I look forward to our family night now every week. Family time is Abundance at it's finest!
-Love Jen
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