I have a slew of unpublished drafts because life is busy and I can’t seem to get my act together enough to write a simple blog post.
I turned 31 on Monday. I kind of wasn’t all that aware my birthday was coming up and it was a very low-key affair. I’m good with that. The evening ended with me drinking wine and eating brownies while reading a book. All things which I can appreciate SO much more than I ever could before. I tend to be so busy that I just end up carrying a book around with me from room to room, from work to home, etc., and hardly ever get a chance to read any of it. So even though I got a multitude of nice birthday presents, just having time to sit down and quietly read for a while was probably the best one of all.
My sister visited from Boston last week. It was only the second time she had ever seen Eva. Watching the two of them together was pretty amazing. I don’t know if my sister just has a way with Eva, or if Eva somehow notices the family resemblance and therefore is drawn to my sister, but as soon as she saw Steph, Eva reached out to grab her face and smiled so big I thought her face would crack. She pinched Steph’s cheeks and nose and grabbed her lip and just wanted to touch every part of her face. It was really unusual for Eva, who tends to be a shy baby, and Steph was kind of awestruck by it. It was one of those moments I know I’ll remember for the rest of my life.
Life is good lately. I never would have been able to believe it when Eva was a month or two old and I was seriously depressed, but life is so good.
And now that I finally wrote a blog post… I think I’m going to try to read a few pages before bed.
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