[mr. jones]

so come dance this silence
down through the morning


-counting crows


[we all want something beautiful]


...mmm....

i'm all wrapped up in the blanket that is Colorado, all wrapped up in the sunny, snow-melted noontimes, the rosy, ice-draped sunsets, the giddy, vacation-laden children, the lazy, lascivious mornings bucking green covers, the daily grind (sans coffee, of course), earnest secret-vault whispers, and dreams of golden possibilities along the trail of muddy boot-prints.

colorado is something beautiful. i've fallen madly and irrevocably in love with the place that, at our initial meeting, felt terribly strange yet familiar. as i explained to a dear friend over coffee under the Tuscan sun - i knew i was in the place that was perfect for me, yet i had felt so out-of-place initially. true to form, i have found home with the people out here. with my MSU family, with my students, with my renegade SPED team :) it never fails. it's the people that make the place, and wherever my heart is, i'm home. my heart has become inextricably tied, for which i am incredibly thankful.

starting this year off buoyed by the love of wonderful people, i can only feel positive about 2010 and all it is to bring.

so, a few days late, here's my toast to the baby decade. i raise my glass to love, to possibilities, and to change. for most often it is the unforeseen changes that escort challenge, surprise, and sometimes even heartache through our doorway. and it is in these moments, these delights, these struggles, that we are truly able to love, and to live life as we should: fully and unabashedly.

here's to the new year, babies.
slainte.