happy easter

Easter, is a time of growth, reconsiliation, and hope, but it is also a special time of the year for my family. April 5th, 1995 (the day after Easter this year) my older sister Lauren left this earth to dance with the angels. This year marks 15 years since she has been in a better place yet that day still seems like yesterday.

This Easter will not include church, an Easter egg hunt with lottery tickets in the eggs, chocolate (ok, well maybe this one cause what day or night shift is complete without this), a floral Spring dress, my family, yummy homemade brunch, or gin fizzes...nope, this year I will be working my first full shift back on my unit after being out for a few weeks and then only on partial duty for two weeks. I am praying that coming back on Easter is a sign that I will not have a relapse in my pain. I say that despite that fact that I have not been a good practicing Catholic/ Christian recently. Maybe, just maybe, this Easter season I will be inspired to find a church in San Diego to attend? 

I want to wish everyone and their family a very Happy Easter!

layers of life

The Sweet Life is like these ranunculus, no matter which angle or how closely analyzed, it is still beautiful, colorful, and made up of many layers. This new blog I am beginning will be a compilation of thoughts and rambles, photography, recipies, and whatever else pops into my head.

I picked up these beautiful flowers from The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, where you can tour the fields of beautiful flowers or if you're like me just pick some already cut flowers and a boat load of super sweet strawberries. The strawberries seemed to dissapear much quicker than expected (hey I need something to keep my life sweet!) whereas the ranunculus are still going strong. When I purchased them I was told to pick out a bunch with a lot of tight buds and when I got home to put them in cold sugar water and replace this water every 3 days, and that they should last 2 weeks if I did this. I have done just this and they not only opened up very nicely and at great pace to be able to enjoy but they are lasting!

Life is just wonderful right now in sunny San Diego, it's warm and sunny out, my patio garden is planted (more on that later), babies are "cooking" (no not mine!), I've rediscovered yoga and it's wonderful benefits, and am starting to return to work in less pain than before! This is my favorite time of the year! My creative juices, desire to do more outside/travel and make my life better is always consuming my mind this time of the year. Stay tuned for more of Sara's Sweet Life, and enjoy!