things o' my heart, two days before christmas.

a breath between last minute hustle and bustle, baby and me, the corner barstool, sipping chocolate milk through a straw, looking closely at life, scribbling thoughts as they take flight, the new jersey diner where my christopher met his mother for lunch, where she gave him the diamond for my engagement ring, only-two-junes-but-what-feels-like-a-whole-lifetime-lived ago.

(little vignettes so full of the very best parts of life. this is the season when the magic is so clear. it bubbles right to the top.)