I Feel So Lucky

i feel so lucky.

there's so much love around here.

we're not perfect. i'm not a perfect mom.

but, you know what? no one is.

i feel so lucky to have a little girl

named natalie kate

who is very very tall, and has long eyelashes

and likes to make hearts with her hands and peek through at me

from the backseat.

i feel so lucky to have a bigger little girl

named hannah elizabeth

who loves to be a helper, and be a big sister

i feel so lucky to have a little red house

that shelters the four of us from wind & rain & cold

and that fits us.

i feel so lucky to be sitting next to a man who loves me,

without condition.

a man who knows not to take it personally if i'm not thrilled with much

first thing in the morning,

and knows when i need quiet,

and to put on the teakettle after the girls are snug in their beds at night.

a man who has demonstrated over the years, so well, how to love.

i feel so lucky.