Is it just me?

Is it just me, or do you think of cancer when you see this picture?



No? Weird. Because I do. And I am going to let you know how:

I see this tree.
I think "pretty!"
"look at all the colors!"

Then my thoughts get sad because that the tree will only look this perfect for a week, maybe two.
Then I start to think of the Robert Frost poem (the first poem I ever fell in love with as a cheesy little 12 year old).
I recite it in my head:
Nature's first green is gold;
Her Hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower,
but only so an hour...

Then I have a sudden and very urgent desire to watch really cheesy 80's movies like the Outsiders because that is where I first heard the poem.
Then I think about how terrible, but how gloriously terrible that movie and many from the 80's, are.

Then I think about Patrick Swayze (who co starred in the flick among other big names who were not big names then like: Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez...) and I think about how Patrick was the 80's. [And yes, I do believe we are on a first name basis.]

And then I get sad that Patrick had to get cancer and die.

Then I start thinking about how lame cancer is.



And that my friends, is how this mind works.

Don't be jealous. I am sure your mind is a wonderful place to be too.

Tounge, Anyone?

While looking through the years pictures I noticed a slight theme:















Or should I say problem?

Never Ever

[picture taken in February of this year, makes me laugh every time I look at it.]

Brooke was over today and Caleb asked her if she wanted to watch a scary scooby doo movie.

Brooke: Okay! Is your sister scared of it?
Caleb: No.
Brooke: Is your brother?
Caleb: No.
Brooke: Is your Mom?
Caleb No.
Brooke: Is your dad?
Caleb: No!! [exclaimed emphatically] My Dad isn't scared of anything!
Brooke: Yes, My dad is never scared either.

Here's to the brave dads who are the heroes of their children's hearts.

But I still change more diapers. I will always wear that badge.