Here Comes The Sun

Oh the roads we have traveled.  And oh, those we have yet to travel!  They stretch out before me in my mind.  They’re sometimes long and winding, but more often, lately, so straight and fast that I can see the endpoint like a sudden, bracing hug and it takes my breath away.  That place on the horizon where the road blisses out is bursting with warm sun, calling me.

There is so much going on right now, a flurry of to dos and plans and please let this work outs, that I can’t even begin to tell you about it all.  I want to tell you.  Of course, I will.  In just a little while.  My thoughts are racing along so far and so fast, ahead of me on that straight-shot road, being drawn to the place where my heart lies in wait.  When it all snaps together just right, I’ll calm down, take a deep breath, and let my fingers do the work of spilling the proverbial beans here.

For now, my feet are getting tangled under me as I dart this way and that in nervous anticipation and fervent getting readiness.  It’s quite a dervish of a whirlwind that’s whipping me around currently.

Luckily, in the breaks between spinning and racing and running around with far too much to think about and much, too much, to do, Braden and I have private dance parties to the music of The Beatles in our living room.  There is generally an abundance of giggling.  (You can dance really stupidly when there’s no one but a 3 year old watching, and it doesn’t matter.)  Often, there is falling down on the floor silliness to be had, as well.  And sharing a moment or two of just being.

Life, contrary to what you may have heard, is good.

The Burdensome, Beautiful Hat

Today’s Photohunt Theme is “Hat”

she waited in the cold.
the darkness came.
like magic it fell, all around.

like a hat,
an icy burden built.
atop her it rested.

all night she struggled,
through the dark,
to stay erect.

when day broke
and light exploded
her burden glowed.

it remained heavy
and, although difficult to bear,
it allowed beauty, before unseen,
to shine through her.

He Changes, Yet He Stays The Same

Most of the time I’m blown away by how much Braden changes, constantly. My little baby became a little boy almost overnight, and he’s constantly pulling new things out of his hat.

But has he really changed all that much?

September 2007

September 2008