(monday thru) friday happiness::
i'm sure the week sped by for you as it did for me. in trying to grasp how we got from there to here, i went through each day in my head. it was a busy week, filled with some hardships, but when i look back, there was so much to savor. if i had not really thought about it, day by day, this week may have just gone down as "the week we all got sick."

so here are a few sweet moments from this too-fast, under-the-weather week:

monday, i sat across from my father and mother, next to my brother, in a restaurant in nyc, and heard a story from sixty years ago that i had never heard.
tuesday, i went out with tim, to a party at a friend's shop, and on the walk back home, we stopped in the woods and took pictures in the light of a full moon.
wednesday, we celebrated emily's twelfth birthday. and even though she was feeling miserable, the sweet thing opened her presents with more grace and kindness than most grown-ups could muster.
thursday, i spent time in anna's school and saw how truly happy she is to be there.
and now,friday, blue skies, crisp air, and the weekend to look forward to: homemade sushi, more lights and a tree, a morning out with my two "big girls", a nice long hike with tim.

i've been feeling a little overwhelmed and off-center, but when i look back at it this way, it was a pretty good week.

hope you had a few sweet moments this week, too. thanks for reading.
tt