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happiness

In the tent

The girls managed to get up the tent last night, succeeding where we had all failed the other day. They actually spent the night out there – amazing since it was pretty chilly and the girl was full of smiles about it this morning.

When I went out to inspect it I had a smile of my own. There was an extension chord running from the house to the tent, bring back memories of when I was her age. Dad would put up the tent at the beginning of the summer, I would drag out the extension chord and our tiny black and white tv and that, along with a stack of comics provided me with countless hours of entertainment.

I’m glad to see the tradition continues

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Jackie

I had supper tonight at a friends house and got to meet Jackie the jack rabbit who lives in the back yard – semi wild.

I’ve never been able to get so close to a rabbit who wasn’t domesticated. I fed him by hand and he came and sniffed my hair while I sat in the yard.

(He chooses to live in their yard so he’s pretty well protected in his home environment).

It was an unexpected amount of fun

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Let’s put up a tent

The girl has wanted to glamp with a friend in the yard. I decided I’d be nice and go outside and put up the tent. After about 20 minutes of struggling with the tent that is super easy to put up, I had to go get the girl. An hour later we were still out there swearing at the poles, the wind, and ourselves. Then the boy and 3 friends showed up and we spent another hour pretending we were engineers and attempting every way imaginable to make that tent look right. We laughed so hard as the tent would blow, sides would crash, people would fall into the sides.

We weren’t working smart, I’m not sure we were even working hard, but we were working funny and that made it all worth it.

The tent currently lies in a heap in the sun porch. I will be watching YouTube and figuring this out once and for all

But it was cool to enjoy some time with those kids. My monsters are choosing some good people to be in their lives.

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Italians, birthdays, and laughs oh my

We had a big family supper celebrating birthdays and anniversaries. My cousins have always been like extra siblings and I’m constantly grateful for the bonds we share. I laughed so hard my tummy hurts, and ate so much it could burst.

That’s what a tribe is. A big group of people who can fold in together and just love each other.

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Get the gopher

We took the doggies on a walk today – it’s been cloudy and threatening to rain- but it was just super humid and very calm while we were out.

Bad dog Bear has to be on a leash due to his selective listening issue, but it didn’t stop him from going crazy chasing gophers.

He’s just the happiest dude in the world. It’s the simple things….

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I am

The last few days this song has been playing in the background of my mind noise. When I meditate and am more quiet it plays loudly in the forefront. Clearly I need to pay attention to it.

It’s simple and yet incredibly powerful. When I sat down and played it today immediately surrounded by animals and slowly surrounded by kids who just sat and listened.

I am.

We all are this.

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