My own private waterfall...

While my children and life are a constant form of entertainment to me, and while i really could write on and on about the mundane beauty of the things i see around me, these may not always be of all that much interest to my readers.  so, rather than recount all of the ways that today was wonderful (because we did NOTHING and that was heavenly!), i will instead give the back story on the name of my blog.
When the baby was about three weeks old, and i was starting to feel really pretty good, we packed the kids up and headed out to the mountains for a day of hiking.  I bundled the baby up and strapped her on with the bjorn.  My three-year-old is a natural with hiking stick in hand, so the four of us set out to see a waterfall.  It was a gorgeous fall day- crisp clean air that you could feel cleansing your lungs and mind with each and every breath.  the trails were lush with foliage and we enjoyed a pretty good voyage up the hill.  We got to a decent lookout and decided that we'd hunker down to have a little snack.  My husband and M went to see something aways off, and the baby and i sat on a boulder staring up at the waterfall ahead.  I felt a peace that is nearly impossible to find in the daily life of a mother-of-two, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend...  I felt deep in my heart that this was my moment.  this was the refresher i had needed without even knowing it.  this was my own private waterfall.  
the more i thought over that statement, the more i embraced it, and soon fell in love.  a waterfall appears to be so serene and full of peace, yet it is a constant rushing powerful force that never slows down, never ceases, never ends.  it was this dichotomy that struck me as the perfect analogy for my life.  because it is in the times of the absolute chaos when i feel most at peace in my life.  when the phone is ringing, and the tv is too loud, and the ups guy needs a signature- all at the same time.  when the baby is screaming, and M is running through the house naked, and the dog is barking, and the cat is scratching, and my husband is snoring- all at the same time... these are the moments that surround me, that rush me, that never cease to keep me going.  this is the constant that keeps me serene.  because i know that as long as all of this world is rushing right on around me, then i have my beautiful family, and friends, and life that i adore.  so, it is from this place inside of me that can seem peaceful in the midst of crazy that i write to you each and every night.  it is this place where i see myself when i close my eyes and need to redirect my energies.  it is here, sitting on a boulder and staring up that i am at home- i am here staring up at my own private waterfall.