It's The Best of Times

On Monday, a new member of my family: Joshua Peter Symonds.  My niece had her first child, adding to my other niece's two amazing children, Jacob and Claire Mohrland.   And while it has been a long, hard year, right now, it is the best of times.

Sage is feeling well, Murphy is doing ok, friends seem to be hunkered down but surviving the times.  

On the weekend, Sage hurled herself into the Wenatchee River, slightly swollen from rain.  She loves getting into that river then running around, as if the chill of the water stimulated every single fiber in her body.  It's pure joy.

Murphy's day.