The Month of March

Nate and Aria on one of many egg hunts 🙂

One of Nate’s favorite time of the year is Spring. He loves flowers and being outside but I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say that a major part of it is the Easter bunny and stuffing eggs with special treats. At one point it didn’t matter what was inside the egg, as long as it was a surprise (and by surprise I mean, just about anything!)  

Easter Eggs by Nathan: Elea Emme Nathan

This year he colored his eggs with Grosi and made sure both his sisters got an egg (his is the yellow). I love the colors and all the joy that comes with Easter, especially when you have the little ones running around, which is why I have also had a hard time with Easter the past couple years. Emme was expected to arrive right before Easter and I had imagined such a wonderful time with Nathan opening his basket and our little babe in her bassinet, but it all turned out completely different than I had expected. As Easter approached this year, it felt a little better. Elea, full of joy, crawled everywhere and ate everything. Nathan helped her find her basket and fed her ‘baby treats’ because she couldn’t have big boy treats. The house seemed full of joy with love bursting from the seams. And it was, all while Emme was prime on my mind.

Elea eating her basket (literally!)
Earlier this month Eric and I had the honor of attending the Women of the Year Award in downtown Los Angeles, where a group of amazing women were being awarded for different accomplishments in their lives that had had an impact not only in their lives but in those of thousands of others. They ranged from women’s  rights to helping children find homes with loving families. These women made it a priority to ensure they made a difference for someone, and they all did, in amazing ways. While in attendance, I couldn’t help but think about the difference I want to make and the difference I want my children to make in others. The job that I now have as a parent to instill kindness, love, mercy and so many other great characteristics. In a world where we see so much hate and heartbreak, if we can simply show a little more love and kindness, perhaps it can change one persons life. And that’s enough. Even if we can’t do anything else than smile and love, that in itself can change the world. 
Nathan’s joy as he gobbles down strawberries from his garden
Emme taught me to love deeper than I was ever able to. I loved her deeply with every part of my being for the eight days I was blessed to have her. I loved her deeply the 9 months I was able to carry her in my womb, and nourish her while she rolled and kicked. And as her 2 year birthday rolls around next month and I find my arms aching, I embrace Nathan and Elea a little harder, and thank her for the wonderful life lessons she left us with. She made me a better person. All around. So as April comes around this week, you will be bombarded with Emme on my Instagram and will probably read a lot of self reflection posts.

Emme’s Garden

To making a difference.

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