checking in

i have been mia here this week. sadly we are sick again in our house this week. like the cold rainy weather, it feels a bit relentless this year, the amount of illness we have struggled with. i am trying to keep my head up and hoping with all hope the forcast for the weekend holds true and we reach 60 degrees! i hope i hope i hope. we {by "we" i mean me and that mouse in my pocket ;) } could sure use some open windows and warmth that does not require my heater kicking on again... gah. (i will not whine i will not whine i will not whine) my mantra seems to fail me a bit, sorry.

today is taylor's last "real day" of high school! next week she has a few finals, then after that will come her official graduation, but today she must be feeling that mixed bag of "omg! it is really over!" feelings. i remember so wanting to graduate, but i was that weird kid who kind of loved high school. i had lots of good friends, and teachers i really liked, so seeing it all end was so final for me and i missed it. i still do. i told you i was weird.

i saw this quote and wanted to pass it along. i especially love the line i placed in bold....

"i will not die an unlived life.

i will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.

i will choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid, more accessible,

to loosen my heart until it becomes… a wing, a torch, a promise.

i choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed

goes to the next as blossom, + that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."

- dawn markova –

happy friday everyone. xo