I have found that some of my happiest moments in life lie in the simple everyday occurrences. Yesterday we were blanketed in snow and Blake (feeling very couped up) really wanted to go out and play with Owen. So, he taped a garbage bag over his cast, we bundled Owen up and went out to enjoy the new snow. We shoveled our dive way, tried to make a snowman (Owen's attention span isn't long enough), had a snowball fight, and pulled Owen around on his inflatable sled. It is times such as these that I am infinitely happy with all the blessing that I have in my life. Just being physically and mentally capable to be active and engaged with my family is such a blessing. With the dark cloud of 'what-ifs' that seem to plague me these days, I find myself asking, "why me?", "what if in the future I can't do this?"- and I sometimes forget that regardless of all that - right now- I can do pretty much anything and I am enjoying life completely. I really need to focus on the now and enjoy my family everyday- regardless of anything else.
I want to thank Daddy-o for his generous use of his Snowman hat. When Mom and Dad came to visit, Owen could not be parted from Dad's stinky hiking/running hat. Thanks papa!
These are Owen to a T. He is my little hell-raiser and I don't think I would have it any other way.
