Winter Spender
Love the look of snow falling from my solarium all around
me in the windows
Love being super super cold and active and then soaking
in the hot Jacuzzi with all the windows open
Love skiing with no ice and then après ski by the fire,
blogging, napping and reading
Walking on the path on the lake my Protector cleared me
to remind me of our old cottage
Candles at the counter
Skating in the forest
Cross country to the skates
Listening to the kids on the 4 by 4 loving it
Snow, ice ,cold and slopes
Proud of the way they are "outside kids" even if they get
older. They shovel, they toboggan , they play. They always were and will always
be cottage kids
The way they eat all day long and snack on holidays on
whatever they wish. Hot chocolate, yogurts, bagels and nutella, Lipton soups, Kraft
dinner etc…
The way skiing is a passion for all of them. Beauty and
her incredible style and speed, Bear and Chase and their freestyle passion and
ability to do tricks and jumps and boxes and rails
Snuggling on the couches and by the fire all in our bunny
hugs watching movies, on our computers, watching all our favorite TV series
late into the night. Doing some of our own things but together.
The winter style my kids possess all on their own. Freestyle
and oversized hoodies, Eagle hats, spider suits, toaster gloves, ponytails
under goggles and over helmets. It’s a fashion show…and I love watching it. And
they save and buy this stuff mostly themselves because it is so coveted.
The way they love each other, and look out for each other
and kiss and hug eachother. I can predict that for the rest of their lives
they will all be best friends……I know it sounds crazy but I believe it. I wish for it too.
I am just mainly darn proud of us.
Proud that as hectic and busy and sometimes chaotic it is
we keep this family together. We have all been together almost every hour of
every day for 16 days on Sunday. Except for when we drop them at ski hill for a
few hours without us…wake up same time..and to bed same time. No alone time
hardly at all, no dinner out a deux, no movies without kids etc….. It is hard
in some ways but great in other ways. We feel it is our gift to them right now
and to ourselves as it won’t last long. No escapes for us right now. In the trenches
with the tweens and teens we are.
Proud of us that we choose a cottage nowhere nears the kid’s
friends and our friends. So that we can be together just us 5….keep the kids
close and connected…keep them outdoors……maybe it is selfish…maybe it is crazy.
Maybe it is just about the smartest thing we have ever decided.
I love our toboggan rides just the two of us in front of
the cottage
I love that we took 2 hours and shared our requests for
our own love languages and trained each other how to speak them with examples
(with a few tears)
I love that we are in this together. I watch those videos
of way back and us with those babies and
how I look at us now after 16 yrs of marriage and I am proud of us. Of everyone
we know that we are close to, we have been married the longest, to each
other, and we have stuck it out through the good times through the bad times, through
all the times. And on this holiday we gave ourselves a pat on the back for
that.
After all these years, we are still playing in the snow,
chatting by the fire, getting beautiful meals on the table every night to enjoy
with our family, and going to bed with each other night after night,. In each
other’s safe embrace.
I realized so much on this holiday that this really,
really counts for something.
