It's September already. I can't believe it. Change is everywhere around me. I feel it in the crisp air, see it in the already changing leaves, in the warmer clothes I pass in store windows. I see it when friends I've been enjoying maternity leave summers with (which are the closest thing I've had to my care free childhood summers I might add) go back to work. I see it in children I saw hours old are turning 1 and in River who seems to act like he understands this whole life thing, and seems to love it like it is a shirt tailored just for him. I wonder if I was as happy as him as a baby? If I had as much energy? It's such a reassurance that we are doing something right when he laughs and smiles all day long. I think of all the luxuries I get to enjoy this year, with the small love of my life to smile and laugh with all along the way. I think how my days are so simple. I think of my day today. I made a crabapple and blueberry pie. I had brunch with my dear friend and received a pretty birthday gift, had my car AC fixed, napped, and talked on the phone on the deck while River chewed on a cloth book. Today I miss my husband though. He's so sick and he had to go get blood work for mono done tonight...... Until he finds out tomorrow he's staying cooped up in the basement far away from us. G'night Love. Goodnight Moon. That was tonight's bedtime story.