January 20

For quite a long while, our weekend walks were family affairs, but lately, more than a few have involved just Adam and me. This afternoon was of the newer ilk, as a walk-demotivated Abby offered to stay with the Little Boys, whose minds were fully enmeshed in a video game. So off we went by ourselves to traverse the neighborhood.

It was nice to just be together and talk. (Well, I talked. He mostly listened.) As we strolled, it hit me that we're in something of an in-between phase: we've moved on from the baby-and-very-young-child stage and we have a teenager, so we have significantly more freedom to go out like we did way-back-when. But our kiddos are, of course, still very much at home and very much in need of us and our (albeit sometimes questionable) wisdom.

It's an interesting place to be. But it's good. And it's a blessing that though things aren't anywhere near perfect, Adam and I are still walking together.