As I mentioned on Thursday, Amanda of Queen Bee Designs is hooking us up with a giveaway this week! I am obsessed with the necklace she made for me last year and it still hangs around my neck on most days (if you missed it the first time, check it out here). It’s such an amazing piece and brings me such joy so I was tickled when Amanda offered to give another one of her pieces away here.
The necklace Amanda is offering up is called “Live With Intention” and I love how beautifully she sums it up…I hope she doesn’t mind me hijacking her words:
I created this piece “LIVE WITH INTENTION” with myself in mind, really. I have never been one to make New Year’s resolutions, but found myself looking inward as the ball dropped and we entered 2009. Questions were running through my head . . . Have I been the best Mommy I can be to our two sons? Have I been a supportive, loving and giving partner to my husband? Have I done a “good” job balancing all aspects of my life? After some thought (and some tears) I discovered that I was too tired to do many of the things that desperately needed my attention because I was spread way too thin. Between the preschool board meetings, volunteering in my older son’s classroom, being the classroom book order guru and running a new and surprisingly successful business, my fingertips had slipped away from the cliff I on which I had been hanging and I was exhausted. I believe that often we are given opportunities to see areas of our lives that need work and when we do not tend to them, we are gently (and persistently) reminded until one day we are slapped in the face with a serious look at reality. Though I do not feel I ever received the full slap, I was close and have since reevaluated my commitments and have started trying to LIVE WITH INTENTION. This simply means I am trying to cut out the things that are not directly for the benefit of my family. Now, this is not to say I never do for others, but for now, I am focusing on us. I do not want my two sons to remember me going to meetings for fundraisers, I want them to remember impromptu stops at the park on the way home from school and picnic dinners in our backyard. I want them to remember me LOVING them. The same can be said for my husband. I want him to remember my support, my love and me being completely present. I want to LIVE WITH INTENTION. On that note, my youngest just awakened from an impromptu nap and is calling me to go check out his toy alien. Blessings to you and yours . . .
I love that. Life is a gift. A precious, God-given gift. And living life with intention – with daily purpose in mind – is such an act of gratitude and appreciation to Our Creator. So enjoy today, my friends, and revel in your purpose.
And then throw your name in the hat for some awesomeness! Starting…now!
I think I’ll give myself one of these for mothers day
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