If...

If I could live one day over again, it would be my last day with you.  I wouldn't be too busy packing boxes for college, I wouldn't be distracted by barking dogs and I wouldn't let you walk out that door without memorizing every little detail of your face, voice and laugh.  I am a better person because of you and I'm so, so grateful for our time together.  I find you now in the warmth of sunkissed cheeks after a day on the mountain, in the breeze of a star-filled night, in the laugh of a child that yearns to defy gravity the way you once did; I find you in the cherubic cheeks of your newborn niece's photo.  I find you in every place pure and innocent and beautiful and good.  I'll see you on the flip side, my faraway friend.  Know you are greatly loved and greatly missed.

2014

Less wine, more tea.
Less sugar, more water.
Less sitting, more doing.