My internet went down last night, so here I am a day behind and a dollar short 🙂

But yesterday was a good day!  I got to go pick my little one up from sleep away camp.  I was so excited to see him again.  I swear he grew two years in the four days he was gone.  He had lost his voice and told me stories of pranking other cabins, building the bonfire and dancing (!) with girls.  He had a great time and is still sleeping this morning, catching up I’m sure.

But the best part about picking him up yesterday is that I was able to be there.  In years past my husband and I would have looked at the calendar, looked at each other and both said “I can’t miss work again”.  One of the main purposes of this gift of a Gap year is to be present.  To be there.  Anywhere I’m needed and everywhere I’m wanted.

Believe me, I understand what a luxury this time is.  I do not take for granted what we are missing by me not working.  Not to mention that I LIKE working. I like being part of a team and I like the satisfaction received from a job well done.  But for now and for the next 346 days my job is me and my family.  My team lives in my house and heart and the satisfaction is in a life well lived.

Smile and breathe especially during internet outages and I’ll talk to you later tonight xxoo