Time and Snow Days

I don't know how almost a month went by without a blog post.  I kept wanting to sit down and write, but every time I did the words wouldn't come.  It kinda seems like this happens every year around this time, I have lots on my mind but nothing at the same time.

Today I am so sad for a friend who is going through something so hard I can't even imagine.  And it seems that as I get older, I am reminded more and more that life sometimes is just hard.  Harder than it seems like it should be, and hard for so many of the people I love so much.   And while life is sometimes hard, even sometimes harder than we can imagine getting through, today I am reminded that life is also beautiful.  The simple things are so beautiful, and I feel so blessed to enjoy the simple things.

These pictures are older, from several weeks ago when we got a big snow storm.  It was incredible to me to go outside with Asher and watch him discover the snow for really the first time.  He was confused and amazed, excited and even frustrated.  I could see his mix of emotions as he explored and tried to figure out what all of this snow was.  It was so cute and so beautiful.