Whew…

It has been a roller coaster ride around here lately.

Me to Atlanta, Molly to Denver, a week of reprieve, now Molly to Atlanta.

I had a chance to peruse some blogs lately, and it has made me really appreciate the world we live in. 

The new pic is of Clarice this past fall.  She is a bundle of joy!  I was reading Karen’s blog today and it really made me cry.  Now, it didn’t help that I had just read my sister’s blog from yesterday, and her second one, technically the first but I read them out of order.  I know that I can be a better husband and father at times, but seeing the kids this morning made me truly appreciate what I have in my life.

The kids started in a new daycare, if you will, a couple of weeks ago.  They seem to like it, but what I like best about it is being able to walk them home, or in the case of this morning, walk with them to school as we call it.  This was the first time I had walked them there in the morning.  It was amazing! 

It is a less than a quarter of a mile, but with their little legs it takes about ten minutes.  They ate a snack as we walked because we had a lazy morning today and didn’t leave the house until 9am.  We walked without holding hands most of the way.  It was maybe the first time that I had allowed that to happen.  They stayed close, unless Rudolph turned his head to watch a bird, then his feet followed his gaze.  They were happy.  I was happy.

I used to get anxious and stressed when Molly went out of town and I had them alone.  The anxiety made the kids even more edgy, which led me to be more stressed.  Now I approach it much differently.  This is my special time with the.  Moments, like Karen said, that you might forget but you will never get back.

We swirl around in our lives trying to make the best of what’s around (Thanks Dave Matthews Band), but we often leave out the little bits that make a difference.  The packing of lunches, the waves from the bus, the walks to school, and the time we have to help the little ones get bigger.

Thanks for listening;)