~Tiffany Sosa~

The thought manifests as the word;

The word manifests as the deed;

The deed develops into habit;

And habit hardens into character;

So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love

Born out of concern for all beings. ~ the Buddha

Excerpt from a wonderful book  Buddhism for Mothers

Parade and Pumpkin Sail of NYC!!!

This past weekend was quite the whirlwind. Subways, costumes, walking and more walking, carved pumpkins and a lighted Pumpkin Parade and Sail in Central Park!

I, probably like a lot of moms, had this special evening played out perfectly in my head, because as well all know, it always goes according to plan. LOL! Our pumpkins were carved and ready the day before, so we just needed to get our costumes on, walk down to the subway, hop on and we would be there. Then we would do all the crafts with pumpkin carving, sports, and all the other great Halloween projects in store for us, but alas, that is not how it played out. 

We ended up running late with kids wanting this and not that and sibling bickering. You know how it goes. So we ran all the way to the farthest subway station possible WITH our THANKFULLY smaller soccer ball size pumpkins, enjoyed a nice quiet moment on the subway, and then rushed off to Central Park where all the fun festivities were taking place. 

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growing up…

 We have a routine every morning. I wake up. Wake my kids up and do all the things every parent does to get their kids ready for school ON TIME in the morning. Feed them, remind them to get dressed, remind them to brush their teeth, remind them to put their shoes on, etc., and when I say “remind” I mean nag. Then we walk to school. First my oldest to his 2nd grade class and them my kindergartner to his class. 

 Well today was different. Today we get to school and J (my oldest) runs into 3 of his classmates and starts walking with them to his class. UPSTAIRS. WITHOUT ME. He was walking shoulder to shoulder and they were all sounding like little chipmunks chatting back and forth and they were so cute. And he was walking away from me. GULP. I swear for a split moment, as I watched him, those busy halls with people bumping their way through other people and trying to get to their classes in time, were no more. Time literally stood still. All I could do was watch my baby grow up from infancy and walk away all grown up.

OK, so great. Now I’m about to cry.

So I called out his name and waved goodbye and told him I loved him, trying not to embarrass him, but he flashed me his huge smile and nodded and said “love you too, mom”.

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