handwritten on February 15, 2025
It's been a rough go for the world since January. But I remind myself daily as I'm searching for peace prayers or "patience the world will not end" prayers and "prayers for America's children," I also remind myself that there are still beautiful melodies around us and speaking of our beautiful Melody Beth Amoscato was just born on Valentine's Day ready to sing her song to the world.
A song is coming
a new one
one that is delicate and joyful
easing the pain of the world's sorrows and creating a new song
of resilience and love and joy
reminding us there are better days
and better ways
A song is coming
you may not have heard it yet or know the melody that it sings
but it is living inside of...
handwritten on February 2, 2025
I am one of those people who believes in signs even if we are "unsure" of where the signs are leading us. Signs are like secret passageways that tug at our heart strings towards whimsical dreams. In this case, the signs have been coming in the form of children's stories! We have visited our free library that is right across the street from our apartment in West LA. We truly need to sort through our books and leave a book or two for someone else to enjoy. Nevertheless, we usually pass by and take a look at the novels that are hidden inside the secret bookshelf. On Friday, we passed by and found a brand new collection of Pete the Cat stories complete with stickers in the back of the book. I...
handwritten on January 20, 2025
Our littlest peanut changed completely within just one week of time. We aren't quite sure what happened or why it happened so suddenly but our emotions have suddenly turned to calm. It seems that our little Luna lady was trying to figure out about nine million emotions as well as all of her language in about two or three months worth of time. And in that time, we definitely had some rocky waters. Last Monday, we woke up and things were just so very different. We sang the patience song when we needed to wait, and we weren't making really any demands. We got up out of our naptime with the tiniest of tears and then all of a sudden we started sleeping in until 6:40 in the morning when we have...
handwritten on January 14, 2025
It's been a long time since I've blogged about little but mighty Luna Mae and so I'm going to try to recall the things that have happened as time begins to speed by! Luna Mae continues to be one happy eater. She loves pretty much anything you give her. We have days where we don't eat as much but vegetables, starches, meats, soups and you name it, she usually loves it. Her favorite cheese is definitely parmesan which she pronounces (parm ja mon). She loves to lick her fingers and pick up every little cheese crumb left on her tray, and she does it with great, meticulous care. Our favorite game is peek-a-boo hide and seek, and we love the book "The Yellow Bus."
Luna continues to be...
handwritten on December 21, 2024
I always try to remember to craft a year in review so that one day I can look back and recall the highlights of the year but most importantly the character building transformations that occurred along the way. 2024 was a beautiful year to remember that distance creates resilience, you are much stronger than you think and often times we know where we are supposed to go without even having to think about where it is we are going. A lot to chew on. For seven solid years, this is probably the year I have thought the most about. It was almost like preparing for a test and then finally taking the exam only to realize that even after seven years of mentally preparing yourself for this year, you...
