Today...I am Grateful

for sunsets

salmon on pizza

love

grace of the full moon

& Gratitude
every single minute!

 

Happiness

Cannot be traveled to

owned

earned

worn or consumed. 

Happiness, as I know it, is the spiritual experience...

of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. 

 

This Is The Place

to hike

and bike

 

Treats Galore

MEAL PLANNING
Martin held my hand through the entire giving up sugar process (his Smith's account features lots of fantastic clean eaters coupons!), and until recently treats were not allowed at work so it was easy to ease the transition to cooking without sugars and such.

For a more exhaustive list, Martin brought home these little beauties from Eclairs including: blueberries and mint. Given away; all are free.

 

Lovely

 

Morgen

He's Alright

 

Thank You For Riding Brighton

with Jack and Divy

After the littles left we rode Milley for another hour or two of flow...

to come home and make "Egg in a Cup" an European specialty 

the 24 hour energy he provides

and the light of the sunset

 

A New Day

 

A March Ago

Want to hear something crazy? I say, sliding into the corner booth. Morgen is in his dorm phase!

I haven’t seen my friend Nicole in months, so we meet on a sunny afternoon for Avacado-Toast in a sleepy lake town. I wear jeans. We split an order. She sips her chamomile tea. We chat for hours – book progress, travel plans, the kids. When the check comes, she asks what I think about this whole COVID thing.

It’s not a big deal, right? she says. Nothing to worry about?

By the time I’m home, the schools have announced early dismissal and the great shutdown begins. It would be the last lunch we’d share for the year, and longer.

—

But today, it is sunny and cool. The girls brought us dinner, a lasagna from Caputo's. I’ve been rocking a 3-month old baby boy as he sleeps on my chest, his fingers curled and holding tight to something I cannot know.

How’s the baby? I chime. Is he asleep? Can I hold him?

I’ve wondered before what I’ll tell him about the year he was born, about the time everyone pulled away, into their homes and their choices and their selves. About how, a March ago, on a morning like today, the world shut its door, held its breath, and we watched it all happen through windows opened wide.

I wonder how long it might be before we find the words to speak about it with voices unmasked.

Not yet, I think. When he wakes, is what they say.

 

Lucky in Love

When I've been at work all day and come home to this...

and this. How did I get so lucky? 

 

So Many Good Things

About Preslee

And Martin making a Creme Roll

And flowers springing out of the ground!

 

Winter - Closed

 

LOVE

 Doesn't it amaze you how two people can fall in love? That on a planet with 7 billion people, two people were at the right place at the right time, laughed at the same joke...and somehow, all these things added up to create just one thing, a four-letter word: LOVE. 

Woke up thinkin' about this...

All-Star