Plethora

Thanks so much to everyone for your kind words - it really helped me through. The funeral was really tough to take, but so moving to hear from so many people that my Aunt touched in her life, and the best thing I heard the whole weekend was her mother, my grandmother, say to me, “I’ve made my peace with it, I hope you will too.” This coming from a woman who has now buried 3 of her 7 children. How can I dwell on death after hearing that?

So one moves forward and busies oneself with the endless daily tasks that thankfully allow us to forget about the big picture for a while. Yesterday was my first day back volunteering at the after-school program, and I was so happy to see the kids there and catch up with how their summers were, learn new card games, and gain a bit more confidence with rule enforcement, one of my personal goals for my experience there. I absolutely LOVE this program - it’s based at the school and is run by this amazing woman who has no children of her own but from whom I’ve learned so much from. Not to mention the kids - all 30 of them - are awesome. They come in after a full day of school and play, eat, do homework, argue, and for the most part are happy and content to be there with us until their parents come at 5:30. I love being there while they unwind from their day and just chit chat, play games, or just sit and watch their amazing energy.

My life continues to feel fuller with each day as classes near and I continue to cross things off my life-list and somehow continue to ignore the invisible item called, “start exercise routine that will enable me to have the energy to do all of these things.” Oops. Somehow the “doing” edges out the “sustaining” on the list. Need. to. work. on. this.

I’m so crazily excited to go away this weekend with my honey to our favorite get-away, and can’t quite comprehend that it will be our last time before baby arrives. We have been traveling a whole lot lately, but not just the two of us. I’m excited for the drive through the mountains, waking up and going downstairs for breakfast in our PJ’s, sitting by the fire, strolling the main street of the quaint small town, listening to live music in the living room downstairs, and most importantly, spending 3 whole days with just my honey. Yae!!