a year ago tonight

our family looked like this.

my boy is one tomorrow.

the shortest year of my life has been filled with the longest days.

some were better than others.

sometimes the beauty & joy of it all overwhelmed me with gratitude.

sometimes the sheer volume of 'giving' that two small children require exhausted me to ugliness.

we struggled. we persisted. we prevailed.

we are closer than ever because of it.

to quote Ben Hie Hei from my current read (thanks brooke),

"The reward is in proportion to the exertion."

and without question,

the greatest exertion of my life has yielded the greatest reward.

creating a family with my husband for our children.
thank you husband, for creating our family with me.

it's not perfect, but it's ours. and i wouldn't trade it for anything.