Part of what makes this season of life so sweet is the awareness that it won’t always be so simple. All we need right now to make as Clara calls, “a pretty great day,” is time with friends playing superheroes, a windy day and a dollar store kite, going down a slide choo-choo train style, a fun surprise in the mail, a snack time treat from a Star Wars Cookbook or sporting a new hairstyle (alas, the pigtails only lasted about five minutes).
Days filled with uncomplicated desires and effortless joy. The challenge for us is to find ways to make that simple contentment last beyond the era of snow cones and sword-fights. This season reminds us daily to turn down the constant barrage of buzz from our laptops, televisions, phones and minds and to stop, turn up the music (be it The Beatles or Justin Bieber) and just dance— the quickest route we have found to a pretty great day.
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