September 3

Today was a frustrating one. A lot of things went wrong, and the kids were completely crazy this afternoon. But still, as I was looking back through the small handful of images I took with my phone, I felt a little jolt of happiness when I saw this one:

Brady typically walks to school, but he was a bit out of sorts this morning so I took the stroller. A little before the halfway point of our stroll, Abby asked if she could push him. So she did. And Isaac walked along beside them, chatting about PE and music and the things that he thought might happen during his day.

I walked a little ahead of them, silently listening in on their conversation, feeling an acute sense of gratitude for the privilege of being a mom.