Only when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Well officially we have entered Spring! BUT...we also still have a foot of snow outside and its barely reaching 5 degrees Celsius. Sooooo it's warmer than it was in January. I can't believe I thought 3 degree Celsius was cold in November, I hadn't seen anything yet! We have survived winter and we actually did get used to it after a while. Playing in the snow can be fun when its not too cold outside. I've also survived winter in Boston in the suburbs with no car, so feat of strength... check! There were a many times of trying to push a stroller through the icy snow that neighbors may have heard me cursing, but at least I can say I got my exercise. Amelia has successfully started American daycare. She's one day down but seemed pretty happy so that's a positive! I start work next week and hoping that with it the snow melts. Spring is meant to be a time of new beginnings and I find it appropriate that we are starting new journeys now too. Our house is nearly furni...

I have been afraid of death since I was little. I can imagine that this is a normal thing, that all children have a fear of death as it's something that hard to explain. We all have a fear of losing someone close to us or our own death. As a parent now, I see every little danger that I never noticed before, standing on the chair could lead to falling on your head wrong....I read a friend's article once where she talked about this...the horrific thoughts we have as parents when we start spotting every potential danger. Its a difficult balance to let your children wander while keeping them safe. I can remember very clearly having what I would now call a panic attack in my parent's living room late one night. I would go to bed, all would be fine, then I would start thinking about death and I couldn't breath anymore. I would go downstairs crying and asking for help. I don't remember the words my parents used to calm me in those moments but I remember the calmness of t...