Peace & the End of the World

I have realized exactly where I want to be at the end of the world.  When the asteroid is coming and there's nowhere left to run, when the Earth's core is super-heated and there's nothing anyone could do, when the absolute end of everything is here and it is inevitable that we will all die, I want to be holding my kids. I want Marty in my right arm and Ellie in my left with her nose buried in my neck.

When she does that, when she plugs into her safe spot (the place where the left side of my neck joins my shoulder), she melts against me and is as soft as DQ ice cream. In that place with her, everything is still. In that place, there is absolute peace. In that place, that endless moment, nothing else matters, nothing can touch us.

When the end of everything comes, I want to be in that place with my children. We won't notice or care when it all goes away.

Field Museum

So I'm in Chicago with the kids - just me and them, alone.  I took them to the Field Museum and we had a blast!  And I didn't even lose them!

Lord, I Love This Child!

Dear God, thank you for this precious child! I live for her affection. I delight in her laughter. The feel of her, soft in my arms, erases any trials the day may have carried. The sweet scent of her skin revives me. I love her with all that I am. My daughter.