I throw my arms around you forever.

A drawing from 2018 I did of Countess Becca snuggling with one of our children.

11 snippets of a Thursday I am saving for the future Because I want to.

The things I carry in my heart.

A three-year old seeing his 15-year old sister first thing in the morning and wordlessly, silently racing over to throw his arms around her. And then waiting at breakfast until she was seated and ready to eat.

The rituals we set and carry on.

Becca playing Xavier Rudd’s live rendition of Spirit Bird as loud as our speakers will go as we busily get ready on a Thursday.

How finance, money, and investing work.

“I’m planning to get one of those cars old men get. What are they called? Sports cars? With the horns? And the rummmphh sound? Yeah. I’ll probably get one of those for my first car. Or a truck.”

-anonymous 12-year old

The beauty of immersed solitude.

A 15-year old reading The Testament.

Let’s roll.

“Whenever I hear this song it makes me think ‘top down, summer!”

-a Starbucks barista talking to colleague as Oasis’s Wonderwall plays

People, part I.

A history teacher excited about having an AP Geography class next year.

People, part II.

An elementary teacher shaking her head about new parents always wanting to work remote. “They think they’ll just quit if the company won’t let them.”

People, part III.

A beloved uncle working on substitute teaching credentials in California.