We only have so much time to give.

My monday was pretty blue.

I was in a panic.

The song, "Good Enough" by Sarah McLachlan was in my head.

I felt sooo undeserving of his adoration.

But he met me at Starbucks.

I'm glad he did.

I saw this book as we were on our way to sit outside.

It caught my eye with it's beautiful, simple cover.

I opened this charming little book and rushed to the counter and bought it right then. I don't know why, but I immediately knew it would speak something to me. To us.

I read it to him, out loud, outside...

feeling a little silly at first, holding it out to the side like a school teacher.

and then i had to fight tears and the sound of my shaky voice.

I couldn't look at him because I knew that I would cry if i did.

"The fable revolves around a boy named Charlie, who, not content with his life, decides to pack up time — "big, bulky decades, squishy years, mushy months and raggedy days" — in a suitcase and leave home in search of something perfect to spend it on. He has to travel the world to discover that happiness is right in front of him."

*the illustrations were done by his brother. They
have a pretty cool story on how their story got
published.