I got to spend a fun day with the kids today. Last year on Jan 1st we went to the Pinnacles, this year we visited my mom at the Rehab facility, got a brief stint of some time at home, and then we went to Fitzgerald Wildlife Preserve. He got to work with his new underwater camera and I got to linger and enjoy the outdoors with my daughter. On the way back, shuffling through my 'life soundtrack', "Puff the Magic Dragon came on. She and I sang out loud. It was a genuine moment of reflection and happiness for me, having shared the same experiences with my Father who introduced the song into our family dynamics.
I'm working to focus on positive moments and to recognize and really experience and embrace them. It's a discipline that was part of a meditation podcast about Joy. I felt it with her singing, and I felt it watching my son focused on photography. I feel it being home with them and knowing that they'll be continuing to acclimate to being there more routinely. The holidays threw schedules around a bit so it's just tonight with me, then back to the 2/2/3 routine. I'll have them Thur/Fri/Sat. AND the rooms are both setup for them now. As of 1/1/2018 they each have 'their space', only each has my or Jen's clothing in them. But that's where they'll sleep from now on when with me.
