Life

Life in our house is busy. We are constantly running. The morning sprint, up before 6, the dash to drop Arden at school, the race to the office. We put in 8 hours at work...if you average the hours I get in and D puts in I think we end up at 8, anyway. The dash out of the office at 4 to ensure arrival at school before 6, lest they charge us $1/minute as the arm on the clock ticks round and round. We get home, the child goes into the shower, dinner is somehow thrown together, and we prepare to do it all over again the next day.

This every day life though, is what it's all about. As Dora's mom said tonight, life isn't about all the highs and the lows. It's the every day stuff that matters the most.

We are so incredibly lucky to have each other, to have the health of our family and friends. I have to force myself to slow down once in awhile. As a 4 year old, Arden sees the stuff that we don't. So tonight, instead of shooing her up the stairs immediately upon walking in the door, we had a photo shoot, at her request. As any good little superhero would, she donned her cape and began to run around the house.

After the photo shoot and a shower, she helped me make dinner (oh the child, how she loves to cook). At the end of the night she snuggled up to me and asked if I knew why children need moms. Her thoughts? "To make us comfy, and to keep us safe."