The Week in Images.

It's been a slow moving week & it's only Wednesday. 

Maybe the strange weather lately has had something to do with it. 

And this month is ramping up to be chock full of 

lovely events and get-togethers,

the kind that can be fun and draining at the same time.

These cold windy days seem to be 

challenging you on more than one level.

Yet there are moments when your husband 

brings you freshly made French Toast

on a beautiful plate,

or 

When your daughter decides to 

throw a birthday party for her favorite

stuffed animal -- cupcakes, candles & all

and you remember all these 

little moments, however tired or heavy 

they sometimes seem,
are laced with kind gestures and laughter
and that they

make up the bright constellation 

of your life. 

When you step outside,
you laugh at the melting snowman

on your front walk

that looks like it's wearing lipstick

because it somehow reminds you of 

the thaw that your own body has been going through.

You manage to make it to
your favorite art gallery

because your gaze is lifted skyward
the moment you walk in the door

and then the winter doldrums vanish

as you are lost in the ambient buzz 

of visitors' voices

and the majesty of the works
that surround you.

You come home with a new 

resolve to notice the little things,

to really see the colors,

to use the found ingredients of your life 

to try something new

to nourish yourself

in ways you've never thought of before.