A heart full of love

Cast my first vote in a new city yesterday, 2 sons and husband in tow.  When did my life get so full?  I love and I live as I try to breathe through the sleepless nights and bustling days.  Could it be merely 5 years since I was a student living that carefree life?  Did I have an inkling that I would feel like I have everything I've ever wanted in a few short years?  What will another 5 years bring?

A second child.  You fear that your love for your first will change, and of course it does.  But it does not lessen.  My heart is so full, for a boy with scraped knees and a baby with trusting eyes.  We've come so far, got so far to go.

Good wife, good mother

In a simpler time, perhaps one is simply equivalent to the other. I doubt it though.  I think the tension between being a good companion and a good parent has always existed, and the best you can hope for is a spouse that makes both possible instead of a strain.

vision perfect

For someone who has worn glasses since grade six (and that's only because I refused them at grade five), laser eye surgery seems like a miracle. I can't believe how many times a day I spent thinking about when to put on/remove contacts, where my glasses are,  and all those minute details association with corrected vision, until I am struck repeatedly with the realization now that I just need my eyes!  This is not to say those 3 minutes until the blinking lights were not the stuff for sci-fi horror, but the near instantaneous improvement on the quality of my life makes me wonder why I waited so long.  With new eyes I now take stock of my life.