grateful.

Today. I'm stopping and taking it all in.

I tend to over-think things, I analyze. I re-assess, I re-think. I often need to actively remind myself to let things go, to sometimes just be... to let things happen. To not obsess. It's tricky.

But it's only Tuesday and it's been such a heavy week.  There has been much talk about death around day care this week. A few different things are happening, or have happened to make us all stop and take stock of our families and the families that we support and care for. Because in caring for children, we are caring for families. You realize how much families go through. You stop and think about support, what that means, what that looks like and how to do it. Is there a right way? I don't know. We have a child in intensive care at the IWK. A child that has been sick with brain tumors since birth and has gone through a host of surgeries and treatments. One treatment which has left him with a diseased lung, a lung that collapsed last night and has brought him back to the hospital once again. His story is heartbreaking but his family is so remarkable. His mother is a pillar of strength, as most mothers are. She is caring for a dying child and continuing to mother to the best of her capabilities two other children. It's so much.

So friends.. hug everyone you love today. Tell them so. Smile at a stranger. Let things go. Be grateful. Love eachother. What else is there? Put love out there into the world. If you see me, give me a hug too, okay?