What would you have me know today?

i am a “doer” - a therapist once told me this (and i agree). once i get onto a task or an idea or in motion, i have a hard time stopping. as such, when betty asked us to continue practicing our profile portraits, this is what i wanted to do! when margot, miles, and i sat down this morning to draw, however, no one else wanted anything to do with betty and her profile portraits! margot insisted we draw with posca paints on sticky notes. i couldn’t help myself! i had to practice a profile portrait! margot saw this and made the rule that we are NOT ALLOWED TO DRAW PORTRAITS. so we continued to draw beaches, and rainbows, and hearts. miles worked on his marshmallow on fire.

one comment on being a doer. i watch how den (my husband) is with our kids. he seems like he is process-oriented. at times, he doesn’t seem concerned with getting stuff done. i know he has a mental to-do list running through his head throughout the day (as do i), but he can somehow set his to-do list aside while he addresses whatever kid situation has suddenly come up. sometimes i wish i was less of a doer…but maybe being a doer is propelling me towards my huge dream of completing the great world race (7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents). one day i will do this race!

Dear Intimacy,

Dear Intimacy,

Dear Intimacy,