You have been seeing them at every store you go in and have often picked them up and looked through them just to set them back down. Well, today I bought one. My very own Grown Up Coloring Book. Payce loves to color so I surprised her with mine. She had received one from her grandmother for Christmas and she was so excited for me to share this with her.
As we started coloring at first It was a lot of fun, coordinating all the flowers and pattern colors, but I was shocked at how time consuming this was. Who has time for this? Then I looked at my daughter and she was happy that I took time out of my chaotic day to color in a coloring book with her. After about 10 minutes I kept thinking I needed to get up and pack, pick up the house, start laundry and maybe even cook dinner, but there I was coloring. I decided to stop every 30 minutes to clean, cook and parent the other two kids I have. Who am I kidding? My hand was cramping SO bad. It took many hours to finish my picture.
Maybe there is something to this coloring I felt so relaxed the rest of the evening but my hand was throbbing. I'm adding coloring to the to old for me category. My hand hurts!!!
Coloring caused me to think of my past 39 years and how much color I have seen with my very own eyes. I have seen peoples true colors. I have seen the sky change colors and I have seen my soul go from very dark to bright. I have done so much in my life. Some life experiences I talk about often and some I have only shared with a few. I don't have a claim to fame but I try to leave a little color everywhere I go. I feel my life is a kaleidoscope. When I look through the hole it is so full of color but it is always spinning. People often joke that we need a reality show and maybe one day I would even slow down to watch it.
Random fact my favorite color is red.
As we started coloring at first It was a lot of fun, coordinating all the flowers and pattern colors, but I was shocked at how time consuming this was. Who has time for this? Then I looked at my daughter and she was happy that I took time out of my chaotic day to color in a coloring book with her. After about 10 minutes I kept thinking I needed to get up and pack, pick up the house, start laundry and maybe even cook dinner, but there I was coloring. I decided to stop every 30 minutes to clean, cook and parent the other two kids I have. Who am I kidding? My hand was cramping SO bad. It took many hours to finish my picture.
Maybe there is something to this coloring I felt so relaxed the rest of the evening but my hand was throbbing. I'm adding coloring to the to old for me category. My hand hurts!!!
Coloring caused me to think of my past 39 years and how much color I have seen with my very own eyes. I have seen peoples true colors. I have seen the sky change colors and I have seen my soul go from very dark to bright. I have done so much in my life. Some life experiences I talk about often and some I have only shared with a few. I don't have a claim to fame but I try to leave a little color everywhere I go. I feel my life is a kaleidoscope. When I look through the hole it is so full of color but it is always spinning. People often joke that we need a reality show and maybe one day I would even slow down to watch it.
Random fact my favorite color is red.
I love my colorful friend!!
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