what the best days are made of...

i've seen a lot of people have miserable weddings...

Looking for perfection - there was always so much to be be dissatisfied with.

i get that.

i have always wanted to go to Hawaii. The pictures that i see look amazing. The colours, the beaches, the sky... Some kind of otherworldly paradise.

i used to harumph - just the littlest bit - that i might never get to see that.

There is always so much to be dissatisfied with.

But today -

today was what the best days are made of.

Today wasn't striving for perfection.

i wasn't looking for tropical paradise...

i was just taking what came.

Today was spent with the ones i love the most.

& in it's innocent trappings, i was amazed with the treasures that i unwrapped as today unfolded.

i saw a tree that is 9 feet across.

i felt tiny crabs try to escape from under my feet as i walked along a rocky beach taking pictures of my children.

i caught Neil smiling.

Twice.

i had a cinnamon dolce latte & the pleasure of ordering 6 steamers for my tiny crew left chomping at the bit in our Silver Fox to get rolling to coombs & the 'goats on the roof' market that became our destination.

Ephraim fell asleep and his drool ran down the front of my shirt as i carried him in my baby carrier.

i ate a chocolate peanut butter ice cream cone

& bought wooden toys.

My mom took us for a chinese food buffet... & i went back for seconds - cooing at my patient baby in between bites.

The best days -

are made of contentment, gratitude, beauty and and the time to let it all soak in a little.

& today...

Today was one of them.