Our holiday was full of good cheer. The standard hustle and bustle. It was decked with family & time with dear friends. There was cookie making & chocolate baking and holiday songs sung at full volume.
As our family began to bid farewell to 2013 we were greeted with a stomach bug a day or two before the ball dropped in Times Square. Funny really, since that is how our 2013 year began 1 year ago while vacationing in southern California.
Like every new year our hopes were high. My vow this year is to relax and to pay attention to life's ebb & flow a little better. To be in touch & aware. Although our hopes remained high our energy was low. We cancelled our New Years Eve plans due to the stomach bug and instead made plans with our couch watching movies and soaking each other in while waiting for the flu to pass.
On New Years Day I was determined to start 2014 fresh. I summoned some strength and set forth for the laundromat to clean our clothes and wash away any evidence of illness that still lingered in our nest from 2013. Papa wanted to join with Bebe Bird because "they needed some fresh air." Our plan seemed simple enough: drop off the giant bags of laundry & have Bebe Bird nap in his stroller while we (Papa & I) enjoy a nice New Years Day brunch together at one of our favorite Brooklyn haunts. (Barboncino). But life had other plans. Upon arrival we learned that Barboncino was closed until 5pm (no good) and that the exhausted toddler made the decision that he, in fact, didn't want to nap. We immediately became the poster people for 20 somethings walking down Franklin Street still reelling from the night before as to why they "don't want to have kids anytime soon...or ever" They bore witness to an exhausted toddler thrashing & crying on the chilly winters day while his worn down parents (us) "debated" on what the best plan of action was- me, concluding that this moment is our parenting fail "where we should have let Bebe Bird nap at home." Then, it happened, the weary toddler finally laid his head down in his stroller asking to go to South Side. His favorite coffee shop in Park Slope, where he likes to nap (I'm so serious) while I write. We told him no problem, even though we were nowhere close to South Side and had no real intention of going. So we walked. And it was cold. The wind blew. And the baby's eyes grew heavy promising sleep. Papa & I laughed at ourselves as our world became calm again & the chaos began to subside. We held hands.And Bebe Bird drifted off to dream land. We turned the corner down a new avenue & linked arms where I discovered this...
Then this:
& this..
A simple reminder from life of what's important for 2014. Change and inspiration can literally be just around the corner-a time to trust, to have faith, to forgive, to laugh, to find peace & love in the day to day that make up a year, a decade, & a life time. Wishing you all a happy New Year with all things good!
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