Lost and Found

Balance.

It's such a tough thing.

In life, that is.

(Although, it is, indeed, also difficult to stand on one foot for a long period of time.)

My life is a bit off balance these days.

When I began my blog over a year ago, I wrote a short description: "Come along and learn with me -- about parenting, photography, Down syndrome, step-parenting, home improvement, volunteering, child development, blogging, disability advocacy, and balancing life without losing yourself."

Have you ever felt like you've "lost yourself?"

I've been feeling a bit that way lately.

(Maybe the problem is that I was trying to balance life while standing on one foot... hmmm... that must have been what did me in.)

I do miss my frequent blogging. Badly. It's kind of therapeutic for me. (And "Wordless Wednesdays" just don't provide quite the same therapy for me than writing about kids who stack logs to make houses for birds or boys who give up their pacis... yes, it's an unconventional therapy, I'll admit...)

But blogging is what's taken a backseat these days.

Just know that it'll be kind of quiet here on my blog for a bit...

you know, until I find myself again.

But don't worry.

It won't be long.

I'm pretty good at finding things.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Goodbye, Old Friend

Right from the beginning.

When neither Daddy nor I could soothe you, it was there.

It helped you fall asleep; comforted you when you were hurt.

Just like an old friend.

When you began to talk, you realized that we could understand you much better without its' presence. So you'd pull it out, hold it close by, and pop it back in place when you were done talking.

As you've grown up, you've needed it's comfort less and less...

you became so busy with being a little boy -- playing with your sister, jumping off couches, building towers and racing cars -- that it often got left behind.

But when you got hurt, or began getting sleepy, it was the first thing you asked for.

Now you are three. You are growing up. And along with growing up comes some tough stuff... learning to fall asleep on your own; learning how to comfort yourself in other ways.

Saying goodbye to an old friend.

It's never easy.

Wordless Wednesday