red hook & a jellyfish

i've decided that i want to take more time to appreciate the little things in life. so i'll try writing them down here.

as we were leaving my parents' house yesterday i took a photo of the most beautiful hibiscus i've ever seen. isn't it gorgeous?! it made me want to grow them stat. i also love pale pink flowers with red streaks…there's something very evocative about that combination to me.

we had the rental car for a couple more days free of charge so i decided we'd go to red hook this morning. we hit the worst traffic on the way there- the damn draw bridge was up under the BQE - and i did the side roads thing along with about 3,000 other brilliant new yorkers and we finally made it.

we walked the red hook pier and lil p had the best time yelling and pointing out each helicopter, boat, and airplane we saw. then he watched the water crash onto the rocky little beach and screamed, "WAVES!" at each one happily. we saw a jellyfish. all in all, a huge success.

it would be nice to have a car so we could visit other neighborhoods easily but maybe someday! we had one today and it was great.

this afternoon we get to go celebrate a baby friend's birthday and i'm feeling very lucky for that.

already today has presented us with little gifts and i'm thankful.

fluidity

today was the day i left my parents house wondering if it would be for the last time or if i would visit again before it's no longer ours. i'm not looking for pity. it didn't hurt. should it have?
if you say good-bye long enough it begins to be another sentence. it begins to sound more like hello to something else. maybe that's what life is - moving through things and not stopping too long at any one station.
that was one of my homes. but i'm sitting in a more recent home. there were others before, and will be more. 
tonight when my husband, son, and i walked through the door to our apartment i said cheerfully to lil P: "look! we're home!"