perspective

all day i've been feeling the dread creep up behind me; the realization that these lovely ten days are drawing to a close, and i'll be back at work tomorrow.

and then something shifted. i spent the day with family: j and i visited grandma g, then grandma lolo, and finally while he was at work i popped over to my parents' house, had a glass of wine, and played sorry. and driving home tonight, i made the very intentional decision to abandon that dread, and instead embrace gratitude.

we filled the break with lots of "to-do's" and appointments, working on ma's house with her, seeing family, spending time with friends in town, running errands. and it was splendid. it was like a mini honeymoon. i miss seeing my husband all the time, and i can enumerate all the benefits of our current schedule, but i had no idea how much i'd appreciate a week filled with mr. cafferty.

so, with only twenty-eight days (just about exactly) until we hop on a plane for our real honeymoon to belize, i'm giving thanks for the "just practicing" vacation we were given.

and i can even feel a little excitement to see my kids sneaking around the corners...

love,
j