In my favorite poem by Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay, he reminds us that like the seasons of nature, life is one season melting into another, and quickly fading away. This is my attempt to document each season in my life and my family.

There’s nothing like…

Filed under: General — Rachel at 11:35 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2005

…an episode of ER to make you cry buckets of cathartic tears.

…seeing a friend’s newborn baby to remind you that morning sickness doesn’t last forever.

…coming home from hours of cleaning the church to find that my husband has spent a couple hours cleaning at home.

…having my three year old snuggle up to me on the couch, plop a book in my lap, and say, “Read me a story, Mommy.”

…realizing that you are extremely tired and ready for bed at the same moment that you realize that both of your children are already asleep, and knowing that you can drift peacefully off to dreamland without anyone’s elbows, knees, hair, or feet in your face.

Yeah…there’s nothing like that.

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