- The giant windows
- The original brick walls
- The fireplace
- Open space big enough for my giant calendar
- The plants
- The sunshine
- The large window sills that serve as shelves
- The closet that is a safe
- The ability to see outside
- Not just one window but three
- Seeing everyone who walks by
- The extra storage closet
- The thermostat
- Did I mention the windows?
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Thirty Amazing Things About My Son Who Turns 30 Today
- He is deeply empathetic and genuinely cares about people
- He’s a super involved father
- He understands science and math and the world on a conceptual level
- He isn’t afraid to speak up for someone who needs it
- He accepts everyone exactly as they are
- He is married to his highschool sweetheart
- He always says sweet things about her when she isn’t around
- He is adventerous
- There isn’t a food he won’t try
- While visiting somewhere new, he refuses to eat at any restaurant he could go to at home
- He’s an excellent cook
- He reads to his daughters
- He loves his grandparents and communicates with them regularly
- He’s calm under pressure
- He never went through a “my parents embarrass me” phase
- On a group outing at the age of 10, he saved his sack lunch to give to the homeless man we’d passed on the way there
- He’s always been my video game buddy
- He is super creative
- His skills as a D&D DM rival those of any fiction novelist
- He is musical
- He has a freaky good ear for sounds and tones and can hear things nobody else can hear
- For example, if he hears loose change drop on the ground, he can tell you exactly how much it is
- He can fix things
- His sense of humor cracks me up
- He is kind
- He has the ability to look beyond the surface level of any given situation
- He has a broad perspective of life in general
- He loves his family with everything in him
- He memorizes random and ridiculous things
- He is the best kid ever (except for Jesus)








All About April
- Birthstone: Diamond
- Average temp in Iowa: 49.3 degrees
- Named for the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite
- My son’s birthmonth
- The sinking of the Titanic
- Flower: Daisy or Sweet Pea
- Earth Day
- Passover
- Autism Awareness Month
- “Houston, we have a problem.”
- Brings May Flowers
Undone
Flowers With Easy Names To Spell
- Mums
- Rose
- Lily
- Iris
- Sunflower
- Moon Flower
- Daisy
- Aster
- Catmint
- Foxglove
- Carnation
- Tulip
- Poppy
- Lotus

