Today I sent my three children off to school.  Hunter the dog and I waved good bye as the school bus drove away (well, I waved, and Hunter looked downtrodden–he’s not a fan of those big yellow monsters that take his peeps away) and then we went for a run.  I took a leisurely shower, after which I let my good friend Nicole in the house.  She’d just dropped off her youngest at kindergarten, and needed some chat therapy.  (I love it when I can provide a service and do my own dishes at the same time.)  And now I’m sitting down to the computer, about to update someone else’s blog widgets and write some articles and be a productive, wage-earning member of society.

I know, my life is just one thrill after another.  But I like it that way–I’ve come to appreciate the magic of ordinary days.

Every once in a while I like to take a break from the glue guns and spray paint and the “fluff” of my life that I generally write about here, and revisit the topics that started my blog.   Last year, I wrote something to explain that, and I want to re-post part of that blog entry, today. [Read more...]