I am marking the passing of time by the pill box that needs to be filled and re-filled each week and with the number of birthdays that pass. We are all summer babies, with the exception of Kai who likes to be original and arrived in December. Jan's was the 5th of this month...Timmy's was yesterday, Max is in July; Aunt Carol as well, and mine is today.
As I was lying in bed this morn watching the hummingbird who has taken to my particular mix of sugar water, I found myself asking for a miracle. Then just as quickly as the pill box empties, or the birthdays come and go, I realized that I am sitting right next to one who is busily munching on his morning snack of berries and cream.
My gift to myself this morn...to consciously try to choose the better thought. If I am to try to see this situation with Caleb differently, then I must change my mind about how I perceive things.

The Fourth is approaching and we are looking forward to celebrating freedom, and life and all the things that come our way to teach us how to live.