i love this time of year
my good friends john and monica had their baby last night. translated to: i got to hold a newborn! i love holding babies. they're so perfect and wonderful and smell simply divine. i missed the birth, which is a bummer. i get great joy in watching babies be born. i'm very happy for them and sometimes wish it were me having a new baby. it's the best feeling ever to give birth. i'm so grateful for my little ones.
yesterday at the fair, they did so wonderfully. we saw the 'flying housecats' and the 'amazing chinese acrobats' and an amazing array of hot tubs. (do people actually buy hot tubs at the fair?) eva road her first 'roller coaster' and jiri got to sit in a bunch of brand new cars. i was fascinated watching the ladies with perfect skin and hair, sporting the britney-spears-headsets and extolling the benefits of a car that can go 240 mph. (that would be fun, actually. anyone who knows how i drive can attest to that one) are they fulfilled and happy selling cars at the state fair? i wonder... we ingested a 'tater twister'. if you've never had one, you must go right now and get one. they're deep-fried amazement. it was fun to hang out with my parents and sister and all the kids. it really was. no drama. just good times.
and then the tone changed... i know it must seem sometimes that i'm incredibly shallow and only wallow in the joy that is children and goodness and i could sprout my polly-anna pigtails any second. the truth is i'm blown away by hatred and poverty and evil and my way to counter that is to be proactive and alert and freaking happy! what else is the answer? there's nothing wrong with being aware that two nit-wits are running for office and being aware that some people lie, steal and cheat. but me? and my life? and my family? and my sphere of influence? there will be joy and hope and generosity and inspiration and beauty and love. there is so much to be grateful for and i loooove this time of year.
