God is teaching me to be present. It's amazing how easy one can speed off into nostalgia of the past or mental meanderings of the future - one could get stuck in rewind or fast forward with no VCR needed. i'm making friends with the present. and someone who helps me is my mom. she has a knack for enjoying the moment. she's visiting my brother and their expanded family (+1 to their brood). the ever focused educational monster she is, my mom is teaching my niece addition. sidenote: my mom is also exercising her brain by taking counseling classes at a seminary back home. an example of a recent phone conversation:
me: how's it going with hannah?
mom: oh good, i'm teaching her addition.
me: that's cool, mom. is she picking it up?
mom: (chuckling) yes, she's pretty good. but you know what? i sometimes say "addiction" instead of addition.
hope my niece doesn't go to school calling 2+2 "addiction."
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