August 20

Brady asked me if we could walk home from school at some point before his full-day schedule begins in a few weeks, and since this afternoon was a relatively cool one, I decided to honor his request today.

As we strolled, a sense of nostalgia set in because I've walked that same path with all of my kids over the course of the past 11 years. I've pushed Isaac in a stroller and heard Abby chatter about her day and listened as Logan chirped out the make and model of every car that happened to drive by.

So today, I dropped back for a moment and just watched Brady as he and his Lightning McQueen backpack be-bopped along in lockstep. And I smiled at all of those memories.