Noticing

/275 - Mother Lode

My mom stopped by today. She only lives about an hour away, but there’s a pandemic and we both have anxiety so I hadn’t seen her since Christmas. It was really nice to sit outside and catch up, and Emily was really excited. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, she brought me all my legos I from growing up. Sometime during high school I gave them away to her co-worker’s son thinking I had no more use for them. Good things that moms know best — unbeknownst to me, she gave them to her with the understanding that she would get them back someday. When she arrived holding a 5-gallon bucket I was a little confused but WOW what a gift. These meant the world to me then, and now I am so excited to be able to share that with Emi. We had a lot of fun going through everything (Ash even sat down on a mission to complete all the minifigs haha) today and know these are going to get a ton of use.

/114 - Builders

Emi and I played with legos (yeah, duplos…) off and on all day today. So many towers and robots! She loves building and tinkering so I’m very happy to nurture that in her. Legos were a huge part of growing up for me and I’m not sure I would be the same person without them.

Spending the rest of the night listening to lovely music on 9128 Live. It’s amazing to see the artistic actions/reactions that have been happening because of the pandemic. Still, life feels so weird right now. Hope everyone is safe.