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Happy Birthday Vivian 4/22/14

Vivian,

Here we are, the day you’ve waited so patiently for.  Happy Birthday my love.  I hope that your every dream comes true. 

I wanted to write you a letter, in the hopes to cast a spotlight on just how amazing you are, and how thankful I am for you.

Vivian –

She sings songs like nobody is listening.

Dancing, spinning, and twirling like nobody is watching.

She creates projects like an artist on a deadline.

Quite simply a moment with Vivian, is an experience of heaven.

Kind, loving, and generous…Beyond words.

It isn’t uncommon for Vivian to beat me to comforting Cleo.

She loves everything, sees the beauty in everything, and she keeps as much of it as she can (in her headboard).

Just so she can admire it’s beauty once more.

She is curious about curious things.

She loves to ride her bike fast….

She loves to cuddle with her stuffed animals, oh so tight.

She eats Nutella and banana’s most mornings for breakfast.

Yet somehow if we don’t have Nutella and banana’s, she is just fine.

She always has a spot on her leg that hurts.

She is popsicles and ice cream.

She loves decorating and decorations.

She listens, always.

The sun smiles when Vivian comes out.

Hers is a beauty that can be easy to overlook; subtle and calm.

Excited by the wonder of everything.

Vivian is a feeler, life flows through her.

Fierce on the field.

She is the kindest hug and kiss goodnight.

She is a long goodbye, and a racing hello.

She puts everyone else first.

Vivan, on your birthday and every day.  Thank you for being so amazing.  You teach me in every moment how to see what is beautiful and right with the world.  At least once every day I see or hear you do something and I wonder….. Just what I could have done to be so honored to witness the miracle that is you.

I love you.

Renewal

It has been a long time since I’ve posted.

Life continues to be beyond kind to me and to our family.

We are in the midst of all the things that four little ones can hold and bring.

Over the weekend we had a baseball game, Easter egg hunt, bike riding, and Easter brunch.

Somehow those simple words don’t quite do justice to the experience of these events.

Each one on their own a magnificent experience of all that is good, and all that is even better.

I continue to learn, so much that it is nearly impossible to catalog those learning's in the form of words.

I am working to renew my commitment to these three things:

-         -Write love letters to those you love

-          -Capture life’s moments

-          -Reflecting on the extraordinary and the ordinary

And so begins my quest.  If there is anyone still reading this, this is for me, and of course for you, I hope you enjoy this renewal.   

Welcome to being one step closer to seeing inside me.