RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY

this rain is such a bummer. the way it has been going, it feels like it might be grey and rainy forever.  be reasonable, i tell myself.  it can't rain forever.  if i'm going to complain, i would say that going into a monday without a couple of hours in the sun feels like i haven't had a weekend at all, but if i'm going to be grateful, i would say that i got to spend a good amount of time with sloane today and that i am so lucky to have this sweet babe in my life.  sure, i don't get a lot of grown up things done during such a day, but play has never felt so meaningful as when i am playing with her.   i introduce the world to her through my eyes and she shows me how to see the mundane things again, through the wonder-filled glint in her eyes.  i am marking today because today was one of those days where i was aware and appreciated every moment that i had with her.  that doesn't always happen because sometimes we are all bleary-eyed or distracted or busy and get caught up in the motions.  but today, i stayed wide-eyed and present.  i chose her over all of my other things on my to-do list, every time, and i guess i'm saying i'm proud of that.  we tried venturing out for a walk that was stopped short by more rain, but we found a dandelion to sniff along the way and saw some geese fly above in a V-formation and kept staring at the sky long after the geese disappeared from sight.  sloane had climbed up and wrapped her arms tightly around my neck as we watched, and i thought, as i often do, that i will never get enough of these moments.