Hello Again Beautiful

As excited as I was that I was going to fly today, I am at least doubly excited that I actually did fly today.  I was so afraid something was going to keep me from actually getting up in the air.  

The flight was pretty simple and standard, but it was a great way to get my legs under me.  It was also good to have a flight to remember all of the differences in this plane.  

We fly a newer version of the C-130H here in Reno.  I have flown it before, but there are a few little differences that I needed to be reminded on.  Overall it was a pretty decent flight, and I am so unbelievably thrilled to have gotten to fly.

I am actually a little worried that I won’t be able to get to sleep, and I really need to because I have a PT test in the morning.

The Laughter of Children

Today was probably the hardest day I have had so far deciding what I am grateful for.  It was just sort of a crappy day, but this is supposed to be a positive space so I will just leave it at that.

The bright spot if my day was definitely hearing my kids laugh.  It has been a struggle with my youngest, who we recently adopted from China, but today I taught him how to do a “raspberry” with his tongue and he thought it was hilarious.

Then later on my older boy found the movie we were watching to be incredibly amusing so he was laughing too.  

I also never pass up a chance to tickle my youngest daughter.  You know the kind of kid that tells you to stop tickling her but then immediately began you to do it again.

My oldest is a little harder to get going these days, but that just makes her laugh that much more sweet. 

It really doesn’t matter which one of them it is, or why they are laughing, because I will never get tired of hearing them laugh.  It is one of the purest expressions of joy one can experience.  

So while today may have been rough, I still get to be grateful for the joy that I was able to experience when my kids laughed.