Still celebrating and so happy!

The two of us in Quebec City

watercolour and marker on

watercolour paper

9 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir ©

We're still celebrating our wedding anniversary.  We had a wonderful
day today and a great dinner tonight with family. I found a former

blog post I loved about staying positive in life I thought I'd share.

I hope you are spending time with people you love, and who love you.

When people talk about treating each day like your last, I tend to go
in the opposite direction. How about spending each day like it's your
first. Here's what I said:

Not a bad idea.  I've been doing that ever since and enjoying
 every day so much.

I wake up in the morning and think -- this is my
first day on the planet, and okay I'm a grown woman.
But wow I'm married to a gorgeous man, who loves
me.  I have a super family -- two wonderful sons,
two daughters-in-law who I love, and Alice, Madeleine
and James, who are all darling, and who I love.

Everything in my life seems fantastic -- almost magical
viewed this way.  And of course that is how artists see
all the time -- in some ways. We are quite often high on life,
but this idea takes it to a new level.  Wonder at everything.
And back to this day.  What a treat it is to love someone
with all of my heart, and to be loved back equally.
It really is a miracle. I am so grateful that that's been my reality.

Meanwhile -- this is the day after our anniversary, so I'm posting a
portrait I did a while back of the two of us.  It doesn't
look like us really, but the mood is there."

Have a loving your life day!