The house smells like cake… and not just one flavor but, two. A strawberry and elderflower cake for our girl and a “backup” chocolate amaretto cake for everyone else who doesn’t want strawberry (though after taste testing them I think everyone is going to want a slice of both!) Our girl turns 25 this weekend and not only are we celebrating with a pasta night, too many presents, streamers, balloons, and cake, we are going to preview our first wedding venue. Nothing about this moment feels even remotely real. The last time I made Hailey a strawberry cake we were decorating it with My Little Ponies and turning iced ice cream cones into castle turrets for her 3rd birthday. Yes. I am starting to think we should make strawberry cake more often! Lawdy! It’s been a MINUTE. But do you ever just feel like you glanced up and life had pretty much been passing by at the speed of light while you weren’t looking?
I read the quote “The final stage of wisdom is becoming a child again” by Maxine Lagace and I couldn’t stop thinking about that. I remember when Hailey was born how excited I was to have an excuse to ride down the slide, read Clifford books, and play dolls again. (Not that it had been all that long since I was the wise old age of 21!) But that is my favorite part of my life and even though my kids are getting older, I’ve decided that growing up is highly overrated and despite being an “all knowing” adult, I just want to choose to be childlike in my view of the world. Why stop smelling the flowers and marveling at the birds? Why not keep dreaming and believing?
Our greatest adventures lie ahead of us. There’s no age limit on childlike wonder.
So as we go into the weekend, I am feeling elated. We plan to dance and sing and eat cake and celebrate this precious moment which only seemed like a dream when Jack and I first met- a life together, a family, and a home? It’s all still a fairy tale to us and we hope you will find a bit of that magic in your weekend as well. Sending warm hugs and a kiss for each cheek! xxV
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