Therapy

Life can be unpredictable sometimes. Sometimes the best of plans don't work out. Sometimes you just don't get what you want, even if you do everything you're told and everything right.

I'm not very good at unpredictable.

Needless to say, we are still living at my parent's.

I've been a little crabby lately. Even during the holidays. I've been trying hard not to be, but I'm not very good at faking things either.

So I've decided to attempt a new strategy. Yesterday it worked. I've decided to just do what's fun for today.

So since it was a gorgeous 74 degrees we went to the beach.

This photo taken by Luke. You can see his shadow, so he's kind of in the picture too.

We got a little silly with our snacks.


I smiled at the simple pleasures, like watching Owen smile at his ball and suction racket.

Luke is an expert creature hunter. He loves the rocks--home for starfish, crabs, mussels, etc. He comes back with treasures and stories. Look at that sky. Look at that boy.

I don't have my own house to enjoy, so I found my favorite house of the day to enjoy. I love the green trim around the windows. And that perfect second story balcony. Maybe one night I would sleep out on it. The boys would shoot spit wads off it or water balloons. I'd have to watch out for that.

It was a gorgeous sunset.

Besides the surfers and body surfers, I got to watch these guys. They stood on their long boards and paddled out with oars to catch waves. Looked like fun. We might need some of those someday.

It was a perfect afternoon. And that's what I learned. Life doesn't have to be perfect to enjoy a perfect afternoon.