Our life has seemed crazy busy lately, each day filled with various fun activities.  Cedar’s swimming lessons happened every morning for 2 weeks, we’ve visited with friends and family, gone swimming at the pool and lakes, walked in the river, picked huckleberries, and went on a trip with my mother-in-law across Montana to see her family in Billings.  Between our daily excursions, garden and chicken care, lots of people in and out of our shared family home, and my commitment to working out daily, our days have sped by.  Which is good, I suppose, as each passing day brings us closer to having Matt back with us.

And yet, as time passes, I am feeling happier and happier to be here in this Montana life, soaking in the beauty around me, finding interesting places to explore, enjoying my kids, family and friends, and seeing opportunities all around me.  I’m fully experiencing what the present has to offer, finding peace in what ‘is’, not wishing for a different life.  That’s pretty darn cool.