In my quest for off-grid info I’ve been watching young YouTuber families.

Mesmerized and sidetracked by nostalgia I think of how a few moments ago that was us. A young growing family full of expectation and joy. I blogged my way through those years so they are well documented.

I see young children and parents squealing and carefree. I think of how broken bones and bumps are the easy things. I grieve for a moment. My heart has been broken a thousand times since those days. I don’t watch the young families with envy. I know their hearts will be broken a thousand times too. This grief-tinged nostalgic place is not a place I want to camp in. Despite the simplicity of those days it’s not a place I want to go back to. I acknowledge it all with a thankful heart and walk on by because there is lots of life to be lived yet and these are still the days.

Onward and upward.