the pictures are hung...

in fact if you walked in right now... you wouldn't think we just moved in two weeks ago ~ and tonight i came 'home' to what is truly my first home that's mine... i've lived a bunch of other places but they were my parents or places that i shared with another... this one is mine... i picked or i think at 3:45am it picked me... it's got the something old... something new... borrowed... blue ~ not to be hokey it's a very similar feeing for me

and it's where i want to be... the kids are going to be lovingly challenged to be the best that they can be here... there are all kinds of cultural choices that will be as diverse as i've always dreamed for them... i will be able to share with them not just the music and the artists that i have come to love and admire so but so many that love me so much have never met the two that make me whole... and i guess that is just it ~ i feel whole... here... in this place that becomes perfect because of its imperfections

they are safely tucked in their own beds... in their own rooms... under designs they chose to express who they are feeling like they are today... they go to bed exhausted and wake up refreshed and ready for the challenges of the day... i pick them up from school and they are fighting for air time... so many new... (J ~ 'Mom you didn't tell me Texas has its own pledge of Allegiance' M - 'well i had no idea') exciting... (j ~ 'we got to go to the science room today and there is rocket camp... can i go there?') fun... stories to share

so i'm nervous... i'm excited... i'm happy... i'm anxious... i'm comfortable...

i'm HOME