Memories

Yesterday was 9/11.

For the first time in eight years I wasn't sad on this day.

I didn't focus on all that we lost.

I didn't focus on all that we could lose.

I was just happy to be alive.

I don't know if time heals all wounds.

I don't know if that wound should ever heal.

All I know is that I love my two girls, my husband, my friends and family and beloved cat Ollie.

And that's how it should be.

Husker du?

When I was a kid, I would spend hours playing the memory game Husker Du (the phrase means "Do you remember" in Norwegian).

Yesterday Monkey was being helpful at lunchtime, taking each child's lunchbox and properly identifying it - by name, or by bringing it to the right kid. Color me impressed. This kid pays attention! She remembers things!

Mmm, this post is letting me relive my teenage years, back when I hung out with skateboarders...