Just Taking a Little Rest to ReBoot

Kids = off to school with warm meal in bellies and happy outlook for the day
House = not spit-shined but clean and orderly (which feels grrreeeaaaat)
Advent Calendar = loaded with goodies
Laundry = has not hit critical mass and can wait
Paperwork = done!
Today = MINE! (with only minimal guilt about it.....and I can live with that)

Truth

A very nice realization is that colicky babies turn into little children who can melt the heart right out of me.  Thank goodness for that.

Plunging Onward Blind

Just after the last post (the one in which I uttered that things were calm for the moment), it all broke loose again.  It has taken from August 16 until just recently to get my footing again.  She is safe.  For now, she is settled and even.  I am learning that it is best to live in the moment and trying to not jump ahead to plan the next.  I am not in control.  I am working on being at peace with that.  Life is better when I let go.  Oddly, that goes against my whole manner of being until now. 

Today was good.  It was odd to have Elvis at Thanksgiving, as odd as it was to have Her unable to have Thanksgiving at home.  It could be worse.  We made the best of it, and then we forgot and actually enjoyed ourselves.

The Front Rolls In

Little did I know what a summer this would be for my family.  The picture shows Delaney pacing my 7-mile run, and I am taking the picture while finishing the last mile and a half as a storm rolls to our north.  This was the end of June.  The month of July passed in a blur of just pushing through, and now we seem to have made it to the other side.  We are battle-worn but better for the battle.  The storm pushed through and has passed for now.