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Life is simple here. I remember having days when I’d feel overwhelmed or discouraged and wonder what it would be like to just get rid of a bunch of stuff and live the “simple life”.

Well we’re livin’ it baby! With 2/3 stuff in storage, just 1000 sq. feet of light filled living space, all maintained by OTHERS, no debt, no committments…it’s sort of amazing.

In rapid speed life has assumed a new rythm. We rise, we eat, we laugh, we see Dad off. We school, we clean, we watch movies. We read, we play, we swim. Or we hike, or visit, or get lost ;-). We welcome Dad home, we eat, we explore. We worship, we talk, we wind down.

Soon there will be soccer practice, classes to take, houses to hunt for. But just now, things are calm. Things are cheap. Sometimes I sit and look at the mountains and realize that I”m breathing very deeply. Not in an “out of breath” way, but instead it’s like my lungs go farther down, are filled to more capacity, and the air is cleaner. It’s not really of course…they have pollution and ozone here. But breathing feels differently than it did before.

Old things have passed away. All things are new. The verse has never meant more to me before.

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Funny things from the kids:

Celia, throwing a hissy fit over something: “It’s not going to work until you take me to the hospital and have my head chopped off!”

Mom: “what will that do?” (trying not to laugh, which will make her even poofier)

Celia: “It’ll make me shorter! That’s what!”

huh???

From Wheaton: “look! it’s going back to skin!” (his scab is healing)

Rowan is not only crawling, but also standing in his crib! It’s weird to find him at night sitting straight up in his bed! He’s working on a few more teeth, though they aren’t through yet. He’s at the height of roly-poly cuteness!

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