Beautiful Eyes

Once there was a little girl with a very big heart.  Not just a big red balloon heart, though.  Her heart loves to laugh at silly faces and goofy noises and never-ending games of peek-a-boo.  She says so many things, and sometimes she uses sign language to fill in the gaps. Oh, and she’s cute….

She wanted to climb high, reach higher, find a new path, forge her own way. One handhold at a time, from ledge to ledge, inching her way up the barely scale-able wall of red crusty rock.  She tried to do it on her own, she really did. But she couldn’t: she couldn’t do it on…

The best place for family photos is the place you feel the most comfortable.   The best place for family photos is where you feel happiest. The best place for family photos is where you love to be together. The best place for family photos is the place you play together. The best place for family…

“Oh, I know we might not get any shots of all the kids smiling at the camera,” she said while she sewed buttons on a coat, wiped breakfast’s oatmeal off a face, vetoed one outfit, approved a different shirt, refereed an almost-argument, whipped a brush through some curls, and shooed the cat off the table. …

I don’t even remember his name.  I haven’t asked my parents, but it seems doubtful they would remember either.  It was so long ago, so many life changes have transpired between now and then.  So much living.  So much breathing.  So much being. But I will always remember him. I will remember him for the…

Maggie & Michael are the sweetest, kindest, funniest, cutest, precious-est.  In between their well-timed banter and loving teases, I saw two people devoutly glad to have found one another; overjoyed to just be and to just be together.  A morning at the park, for example, could have been just another morning.  Instead – oh boy, oh…