Awful Beautiful Life

South Dakota Capital Building, Pierre, SD, class field trip

May 2012.

It reminds me of this song Awful Beautiful Life by

Darryl Worley

that says,

I laid in bed that night and thought about the day
And how my life is like a roller coaster ride
The ups and downs and crazy turns along the way
It'll throw you off if you don't hold on tight
You can't really smile until you've shed some tears
I could die today or I might live on for years

I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life

Preschool Graduation.

Sometimes

life

School Field Trip ~ Ice Skating

flies 

by

Laura Ingalls Wilder costume and biography report on Grandparent's Day 

and

I am

not

sure

Kindergarten Screening

that

I

was

even 

there.

That is what May is like.

Shaw Ranch Branding 2012

We shift gears

from

ranch work

to school projects

to sports,

field trips

and 

celebrations.

Meade County Rural Schools Rally Day 2012

And

we

have

hugs

and

laughs

and 

messes

and

hurts

and 

tears.

The kids grow.

We learn.

We do our best.

We learn how to win.

We learn how to lose.

We learn to cheer on our friends.

We learn our strengths.

We learn our weaknesses.

We confront our frustrations and fears.

We work and we play.

We pray.

It is 

fast and furious

in the spring.

Mother's Day at Four Corners Bridge with the one who still holds my heart in his hands

So

I carry my

camera

so I can

get a grasp

of the moments

that pass

so

quickly.

Moments that I don't want to miss.

So

that

I can

see

where

our time

went.

That it 

was

rich

and full

and required

endurance.

And I am reminded

that it is ok

to just notice

and

enjoy

where I am

on the way

to where

I 

am 

going.

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April 

melted

into

May

and

I feel

like

I

ran

a

race

to

get

to

June.

And here we are.

Life

feels

like

it

moves

so fast

that 

I am 

missing it.

Even though

I am right here

in the midst of all of it.

I love this crazy, tragic,Sometimes almost magic,Awful, beautful life

{Darryl Worley}