Where I Would be if I Didn't Have Kids

Earlier this month I discovered the joy of a walking track here in Wildwood. Exercise has always been part of my sanity as a stay-at-home mom. so we load up the bikes and the jogging stroller and water bottles and anything else my kids can't live without during the hour we're gone. I walk and Oak who is practicing for the Tour de France (literally) rides his bike. Meadow gets about halfway around the track on her bike and then remembers the "track" she is making. She is lining up rocks about 2 to 3 inches apart. I love how the line winds in the sunshine, Andy Goldsworthy like. She wants it to reach all the way around the track. Occasionally Oak will help her for a minute or two and when asked what she was doing, Meadow answered, "Oak and me wanted to make something to reflect the moonlight."

Scott got me an ipod shuffle for Christmas, this great little device I can load 120 songs into and listen to at random. Music has a way of transporting my body and soul to other times and places except that whenever Oak catches up to me on his bike I push pause on the shuffle and come right back to reality. You see, when Oak catches up to me, he wants to chat. He's always been very talkative (naturally, he gets it from his father).

So the other day we had a conversation that went like this. . . "Mom, it's a good thing you have a son, right?" "Right." "What would you do if you didn't have a son?" "I don't know." "You probably wouldn't be here right now, would you?" I paused and thought about it. "No, probably not." "So it's a good thing you have a son, mom." "Yeah, and not just any son but the best son in the whole world." "No, mom not the best. God cares for all." "You're right Oak, maybe the best for me and dad but God does care for all."