Getting Back

I've been away from this space for so long. It's not that I'm worried that my 8 followers missed my posts. Having a blog and posting in it forces a person to do a lot of thinking, reflecting and babbling on about things. And, well, since the name of this blog is "Good Things" I felt like I should remain true to the name and try to just talk about...Good Things.

So, when those little good things start to get buried beneath all those little not-so-good things, sometimes it's easier just to stop thinking about all of it and just get through it. Get it done. Keep moving. Not that I recommend that.

I've been visiting here over the past few days. Just a little at a time. It became a space that I didn't want to peek at, those good times, good days that seemed so far away. I've cried so many tears just looking back and remembering all of them. Wondering where have those happy times gone, look at us...

But, really, I think that was and is the point. That happy times are always here. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder and put on your rosie rosie glasses and maybe squint a little to make them out.

So let's just get back to it then. :)

Tincture of Time

I love pictures.

I can get lost in the photos of the kiddos when they were littler. I remember the day, the smells, the way I felt just that minute the picture was snapped. Usually very different than I feel the day I look at those sweet faces and remember it wasn't that long ago, but boy how they are growing up and slipping just a little bit further out of my grasp.

But in the moment, there are power struggles, impatience and exasperation. It's the tincture of time - one my favorite doctor prescribed me the day I sat in the hospital waiting room desperately trying to nurse baby Katie and not so much enjoying the moment - that replaces all the struggling with the sweet memories and the longing to have that day back again, just for a minute. To squeeze the soft little body and kiss those gigantic cheeks.

So, I will try every day to live in those sweet moments. Even when they are maybe not going the way I wish they would. Because we can't go back, right?

Random Sweetness