Life Just Keeps Happening

I love this little girl. It's hard to believe that in just two weeks she'll be two years old. Every time I blink, it seems that more of her life has passed by.

I have been wrapped up in work and assignments over the past couple of months. The work is good, but I'm sad that I haven't spent enough time blowing bubbles and drawing on the driveway with my little lady.

We've done those things, but we haven't done them enough. Sometimes I feel like life is happening to me. Like I'm on the outside looking in. Like I'm not actually living it.

The key, I think, is to slow down enough to take it all in. Take pictures. Capture the moment. Draw and laugh and sing and blow bubbles. The work can wait.

She is my most important work. Sometimes I forget that, but don't worry, she has her own ways of reminding me.

I don't want to wake up 16 years from now and wonder if we played enough, laughed enough, and loved enough.

So I'm putting on the brakes and slowing down for a while. God gave me this one life. I'm going to live it.

Will you slow down and live it with me?

Until next time, grace and peace.

Get Your Make-Up On

With Logan being so sick, things around here have been kind of heavy lately. I thought it was only fitting to lighten the load a bit with some snapshots from our daily life.

Micah is a copycat. She has entered the stage of toddlerhood where she mimics nearly everything I do, including getting ready in the mornings.

For the past couple of months, we've Dennis has been working on a bathroom remodel, which meant that I got ready in our bedroom most days. Micah was all about it.

As soon as I said it was time to get ready, she'd run to get her make-up bag (filled with travel-sized brushes and empty bottles), plop down in front of the mirror and start rubbing her face.

Priceless.

At least, that's what I think.

Until next time, grace and peace.

School Days

Well, we've arrived. The first day of school for Micah. She was so excited when we arrived at the preschool, never even looking back after she walked through the gate. She's going to have lots of fun, and I've enjoyed a quiet morning at home to get some work done.

Before we left this morning, I took the obligatory first day of school photos. She was quite proud of her backpack and kept turning around for me to get a picture of it, so I have lots of pictures of her back and only a couple of pictures of her face.

Either way, I'm glad to have captured the memories. She's soaking up things like a sponge these days, and preschool will be a structured learning environment for her. She's pointing out colors and counting, and I'm continually amazed by how quickly she's picking things up. She's a big girl now.

A big girl who was ready to stop taking pictures and climb in the car.

Hope you're all having a good day. In a bit, I'll head out to pick my little lady up, but until then, I'll enjoy the quietness of the house.

Until next time, grace and peace.