We decided to do a few things to make life a little easier.  Starting with a haircut.  It'll always grow back if he changes his mind.

I was making it really hard on myself.  And no one would know the difference--not even me a few months from now.  Here's to taking the easy way!

She was on my list of people to get back in touch with.  And she called today.  It was nice to think I was on someone else's list.

It's amazing how doing something for myself--(and, admittedly, this is a big something)--changes my whole outlook.

I'm learning every day--sometimes every hour, every minute--how my thoughts determine my reality.  It really is all in my head.

He calls them snow blurries.  It wasn't much, but it was cause for hot chocolate.

Joining along with Amanda today for {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

He went for a hike in the Gorge.  I had to change my lunch plans, but I'm glad I did.  It was the one thing he wanted to do over winter break.

I am sure they think I'm crazy.  If I weren't me, I would too.

They're growing up, getting more independent.  That's what I tell myself, anyway.  I guess the same could be said of me.

Let's hope this whole experience gives me more compassion.  For myself and for others.

We were handed a warm spring day.  At the beginning of January.  In between fevers, we stepped out to enjoy it.

Joining along with Amanda today for {this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

We came to think about it differently--after a few nights' sleeps.  A solution that sat well with both of us and hadn't even been considered before.  Funny how that happens when you're open to it.

No matter how much planning, preparation and introspection is done, each year brings with it a personality of its own.  Four days in and 2012 is already showing its colors.  I'm going to learn a lot in these 12 months.

I forgot how it drops an octave at the end.  Hearing it tonight gave me a chill.  Maybe I'll resolve to learn it again this year.

All day I found myself going from one side to the other.  We said we'd sleep on it.  I don't see how a night's sleep is going to make it clearer.

You greeted us warm and fresh like a new spring morning.  Oh, 2012--let's dream big together?

So many things from 2011 that I want to let go.  And even more that I want to embrace in 2012.

This afternoon a major chapter of my adult life closed with a phone call.  The deepest parts in me want to keep it open.  If this is so right, why doesn't it feel better than this?