As I start this post, I’m sitting on our front porch. Henry is making mud in our in-progress garden. What a simple formula: water + dirt + bare feet = pure joy. He dug up a grub and moved it over to the grass. Then he stopped by the porch to tell me there was “something with teeth” in the grass. Apparently it’s either “a grasshopper” or a “Japanese spider crab.”

This morning was the groundbreaking ceremony for the school. What an amazing feeling to simultaneously be a staff member and a parent. 

It took a lot of years to get to this place. There were times when I had

I’ve been experiencing sadness lately. I think part of it comes from all the pregnancy hormones. I think the other part of it comes from not getting all of my needs met. The last time I wrote out what I need on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, here’s what I came up with:

Daily:

There’s an Annie Dillard quote that I hold close to my heart: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” I am humbled by the profound wisdom in the idea that the choices we make on a day-to-day basis end up creating our lives. And while it’s one thing to have a vision for my life, I have to acknowledge that it’s my daily actions will ultimately define who I am and whom I become. 

I was wondering why there were so many negative comments around here lately, and a quick look at my blog’s statistics revealed that a bunch of people have been heading