i want to live each day and be keenly aware of my center.  of my heart.  i know how it feels to have my spirit so light i feel it in my throat.  and some days it’s there.  and some days it’s not.

i’ve cooked four suppers in a row, from scratch and it is tiring (i KNOW this is a regular gig for many…i think i used to enjoy it more).  so finding this picture of a lunch out with jerry last weekend had me smile.

these might be the best french fries i have had.  i love french fries.  i don’t love meat.  so when i ate this cheeseburger and loved it, you know it’s good.  i have several sources for good ones.  now adding another.

i used some birthday money to buy myself a modest ukulele.  because what i really want to do is be ms. ella jenkins.  i want to sing my little songs at preschool and strum along.  i hope it will be easy since there are only be a few chords involved.  thanks to this site i am getting very familiar (and sore fingertips) with my first three chords.  i even turned on an ella cd and played the c chord everytime she did.  good times.

and thanks be, my heart is here.

i find myself able to do things at preschool that i have missed for the last few years.  we’re doing journal time every day.  i find the children extending concepts beyond my lesson plans.

i see them problem solving and making connections without my guidance.  i love the feeling of going in to the classroom in the morning and preparing a space for them to learn by.

and when it happens, i am light.