When you have only two pennies...

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb


As a single mom, things can get tight financially from time to time. Last week, I was working from Copenhagen, and couldn't enter my time into the corporate system for whatever reason, and didn't get a paycheck.

So I bought flowers.

Flowers remind me that I am somebody. They remind me that when times are tough, it's still my responsibility to show my daughter the beautiful things that life has to offer, and keep her smiling. And there's nothing nicer than waking up early and seeing the morning sunlight streaming through the translucent petals of some beautiful lillies.

It rained pretty hard today. Malena took a long afternoon nap while I started to read the next book for the book club I just joined, Jesus Land. I lit some incense and candles and stretched out on the sofa and ...promptly fell asleep. When we woke, we went outside and planted some 99-cent snapdragons with my kid's giant plastic beach rake.

Which is exactly how a good Sunday is supposed to be.