It's January. 3/4 of my kids are sick. I walked Ever to schoolhouse inwards zippo but Ck's sweatshirt (it goes to my knees) together with a dyad of sneakers. I couldn't tell if I was to a greater extent than frozen past times mutual frigidity or past times shame. It was i of those things where I said I'll merely walk you lot to the sidewalk together with thus it was the corner together with thus I was walking her to the cross walk where all the schoolhouse traffic accumulates together with at that topographic point I was: no pants. No coat. Sneakers. And when I said expert cheerio she cried fifty-fifty louder together with thus so I was the bad mom amongst no pants together with tons of a shame together with a charge of guilt to acquit my chilled legs home.
Yesterday my best friend told me she's moving to Central America for 2 years. It's non ok. I don't unremarkably missy people really often, but this is non good. She's been my everything for the past times 8 years of my life together with instantly what am I suppose to exercise without her? I mean, past times all means, I champion her going. I totally yell back she should go. But I am hapless for me together with my family. This is truthful love.
We spent a weekend inwards red-tinted Kanab, Utah terminal week. It was amazing. My truthful obsession amongst Southern Utah is strong. I came dorsum amongst a huge listing of things I desire to explore this year. Thanks to Erin for getting me a novel map mass for Christmas. Now I bring my kids pouring over maps. We'll last inwards the auto amongst each of us belongings a map every bit our tires transverse the miles to our adjacent adventure. It sounds romantic sure, but it's a charge of work, it tin swallow upward resources (like money) together with the kids aren't ever cheerfully game. But it's a battle I choose. When we're eating breakfast together with person starts to verbalize close the glowing minerals nosotros saw inwards the mammoth cave inwards Idaho, I yell back to myself: WORTH IT.
Horseshoe Bend exterior of Page Arizona--one of our 24-hour interval trips terminal weekend
Also worth it: seeing Bryce Canyon nether heavy snowfall on a bright, blue-sky 24-hour interval inwards January. I cried at the beauty. Sabbatum at that topographic point on a log meant for a tourist similar me together with sobbed at the sight. I don't know. We walked a long the rim i past times i stepping inwards each other's snowy footsteps together with it was heaven. I experienced sky inwards that moment.
After walking inwards the snowfall on the rim nosotros were all hot, sweaty together with needing a suspension at Sunset Point
I similar my job. I experience actually lucky to exercise what I exercise amongst the people I operate amongst inwards the infinite nosotros exercise it in. It's some my dwelling together with downtown together with I instruct to bring pho i time a calendar week together with oh my heavens pho is a gift to the basis (thanks Vietnam together with France!)
My babe Iris Eve is every bit good a gift. She's pretty dang cute. She reminds me of the Cabbage Patch doll nosotros used to have--big curly xanthous pilus together with blueish eyes. She's currently courting all the halloween videos on the kids youtube channel. This has been going on for a calendar month now, ever since her intense dearest matter amongst Peppa ended later on seeing every episode 20 times I am sure. Please don't approximate me close hide time. I don't approximate you.
We telephone vociferation upward ourselves the blue-eyes club
Also, Iris likes "moothies" inwards the Blendtech but boy, she HATES the audio it makes when it pummels upward all her favorite frozen fruits.
I could proceed going but I didn't gear upward out to write a Christmas menu here, you lot know?
Things are good. Not perfect. Sometimes sad. But similar Christopher together with I ever country to each other every bit nosotros unopen out our day, "We're doing ok."
And it's enough.
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