It has been a long, dreary, wet, dark January. We have all been cooped up in the house for too long which doesn't always bring out the best in us. This morning when the sun beamed bright and burned away the fog it seemed the best thing to do was to ditch our school books and "to-do" lists and head outside. We went to one of our favorite spots and spent a hour traipsing through the woods, soaking up the sun, listening to the rush of water, slogging through mud, and watching minnows dart in the creek. I lay on a bench in the sun while the boys roamed. I could hear their voices ringing as they went on their own adventures and made their own discoveries. Boys need space to run and wander. They need to blaze their own trails and make their own way. Yet one of my boys always returns to me and takes my hand to help him down the rough parts.
We needed this gift of a day. We needed to stretch our legs, fill our lungs with fresh air and soak up some Vitamin D. We needed to laugh and see beauty in the world around us. And we got home pleasantly tired and ready for naps.
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