Thanksgiving

Reason #2 why people don’t read this blog: because so few people actually know that it exists.

Reason #1 why people don’t read this blog: because there are so rarely any new posts here.

For over a month I’ve had a half-written story which I do plan to post to this blog. It’s on the “To-Do List”. It’s just not “to-done” yet. I miss writing. I enjoy playing with thoughts and shaping them with words. Maybe during Thanksgiving vacation I’ll find some time to write. Maybe...

Time sneaks away so quickly. One of the assistant instructors at my daughter’s dance school gave birth to her fourth child on the 16th of October. Because she’s a friend (and likely because I seem to live in the parent lounge of the dance school, as I’m there almost every day), I’ve had the great pleasure of cuddling baby Liam while his Mom teaches. He is so small, so precious! Last night, while the warmth of this newborn was still fresh on my shoulder, I tucked my own children into bed. How did they grow so big so quickly?

This Thanksgiving vacation, I’m going to take the time to jump in the leaf piles with my girls instead of working on the Irish dance school’s website. I’m going to cuddle under a blanket and read some mind-numbing novel instead of stressing about the “To-Do List” growing longer. And I’m going to appreciate every ounce of the nervous excitement in Katie’s eyes as my eight-year-old prepares for her first Oireachtas experience! Wasn’t it just yesterday that she was a small newborn on my shoulder?