Wednesday Five | Vol. 15

 

A Quote

"Anyone inclined to believe that some dark force beyond human comprehension intervened again and again to make the Great War long and ruinous would have no difficulty in finding evidence to support such a thesis."

-G. J. Meyer, A World Undone

This quote really stood out to me as I was reading my current World War 1 book this week, because I have thought this very thing.  When you start learning more about World War 1, it's amazing just how many seemingly little things went wrong, and how all those little things conspired together to make this huge disaster that is WW1.  It makes you think.

A Book

A lot of book bloggers/booktubers will share a monthly "TBR" (to be read) list for the upcoming month, but I decided a while ago that I will not be one of those people.  Not only do I need to feel free to change up my TBR if one of the books isn't working for me, but I watched an interesting video a while back that suggested people who share their goals with others have a false sense of accomplishment and tend to not follow through as well.  I don't know if that's true, but either way, you probably won't see many TBR posts here.  However, I will give you a little sneak peek at one of the books that is in my stack for February - I've barely started it, but I plan on focusing on it for the next week. 

I don't love the title (it seems a little...sacriligious?) but I am very interested in reading more about frugality and such this year.  Mainly because I'm trying to become more frugal myself and save more money in 2021.  If you have any further frugality book suggestions for me, I'm all ears!

A Bit Of Nature

I'm going with a classic sunrise photo this morning.  Usually during the weekdays I wake up sometime between 6 and 7, but I may or may not make it in time for the sunrise.  However, the last few weeks we have had beautiful sunrises that shine red light on the walls in my bedroom, as if it were a signal to make sure I don't miss it.

A Recommendation

I'm going to use this section to give a little shoutout to a new blog friend, Veronica from Nurturing Connections Homeschool.  She and I connected on alternative social media in the beginning of January when we discovered we both gave up Instagram.  She is getting back to sharing on a blog instead, and I've been enjoying the rich posts she shares.  I especially resonated with this one called "Dear Facebook, It's Time To Let You Go".  Head over to her blog and say hi!  People who are trying to revive a blogging habit need comment encouragement!

A Moment Of Happiness

I've had a lot of happy moments lately as I've been hanging out with the kids and noticing the little quirky things they do.  They are still so little.  I find that as my kids keep growing bigger, and I start to expect them to do more things for themselves, I still need to keep perspective of just how young and cute they are right now.  In a year, I'll look back on the photos of today, and my heart will ache at how much they've grown.  So I'm trying to enjoy their smallness, their sweet childhood joys, before they slip away.  

In particular, Wyatt is turning 10 years old this week, and I can hardly believe I'll have child in the double digits.  A few years ago he was asking me if he could have a pet, like a fish, and in a reckless moment I said to check back with me when he was 10.  Well, the year has arrived, and he did not forget, so today we are leaving for Awana early so we can make a stop at the pet store for a beta fish.  He came down this morning already dressed in his Awana clothes, bouncing around.  "Mom, today's the day!  Today I get my fish!"  His happiness is filling the house this morning, and it's contagious.