Another Day Downing

For years this idea has been in the back of my mind.  Sitting.  Waiting.  Building. Here we are in the midst of a global pandemic. All over the world we are experiencing something together, for the first time, and people are handling it very differently. I’ve listened to podcasts and read news articles and watched briefings. Out in the world, scary things are happening. And yet, here in my home, there is so much good. My babies are learning to play together for the first time. They are making each other giggle chasing each other around the house. They are sharing (mostly). The other day, Lucy crawled into Will’s arms and he wrapped them around her and sang. She was so still and content and it was perfect. We are all here. Always. And it’s amazing. There aren’t mornings where I wake the kids up alone anymore. There aren’t mornings where I FaceTime them from another part of the country. We all wake up together, in the same place, every single morning. Today we went on a wa...