Sunny (And Cloudy!) Skies Are the Best Skies

The other day, Luca said to me, “Sunny skies are the best skies!”

I smiled BIG and told him, “YES! Sunny skies are the best skies!”

Then I thought, “I’m lettering that!” because I never wanna forget his 7-year-old thoughts AND that’s a FUN one to do, for sure!

My boy is absolutely AMAZING when it comes to thinking positive!

Like the other day, when I wrote about how he was trying to keep his SMILE UP when he was upset AND like when he was having some separation anxiety at the beginning of the school year because he didn’t want to leave me and he made a long list, all on his own, of all the things he can do to help calm his worries!

Right now, he’s even having some extra scardies (that’s what we like to call them!) at bedtime because of a bad dream he had a few weeks ago.

I remember when I was a kid and I had a really bad dream that scared me a lot, too. I don’t remember the dream anymore but I do remember how ti made me never wanting the blinds on the windows open at night after having that dream (I still the feel the same way today!).

But even though his scardies come, I can’t help but think about when he said, with a BIG smile on his face, that SUNNY SKIES are the best skies that…

cloudy skies are the best skies, too!

If it wasn’t for his scaredies we wouldn’t be snuggling up together in his bed and giggling and smiling while thinking about and talking about all the things that make him FEEL LOVE so his scared thoughts can calm and so he can feel safe to fall asleep AND we wouldn’t be hugging as much as we are now.

We ALWAYS hug! But right now, we’re hugging A LOT more and it’s helping BOTH of us FEEL even more LOVE during a time that doesn’t feel like love at all.

YES! There’s nothing better than sunny skies!

But it’s the clouds of Luca’s scared thoughts (and the clouds of COVID-19!) that’ll help us look back and SEE that cloudy skies did (and do!) bring LOTS of LOVE and comfort, too!

And when those sunny skies open up again, we’re gonna FEEL even more LOVE than we did before this started!

I AM SOUL GRATEFUL for his AMAZING and POSITIVE reminders that he (and his sister!) ALWAYS brings to me and my inner awareness!

Here’s to all the LOVE that cloudy AND sunny skies bring!!

Cheers!

Until next time…

Why do I hand letter uplifting words? Because it easily calms the negative and stressed-out thoughts my mind, ignites my inner kid joy and slows me down so I can BE a more calm, happy + present mom (something that's hard to do when my mind is running 100 miles ahead or behind the present moment...especially during a global pandemic!) and truly focus on what matters most in my life (my kids and my husband!) and all the GOOD that fills it!