missed opportunities and the loss of mj

stories of michael jackson's death and life and effect on the world were swirling on our television last night. i had a sense of shared sadness...being part of something bigger than myself... similar to how i felt when i found out that princess diana had died. the sense that many people could relate with one another over a loss of someone they didn't know personally but somehow impacted their lives. i could free associate about mj...the king of pop influenced my generation in many ways and i have my own memories of his music at key points in my developmental years. but i suppose on a grander scale i am sad more personally for him. he fought so many demons and i felt like he had a good heart and wanted to give to others what he himself couldn't achieve. mostly i can relate with how misunderstood he felt and am sad he may not have achieved resolution in fundamental aspects of his life. this is yet another reminder to me to not miss opportunities to clean out my own skeletons and focus on those i care most about. i love this photo of my family...m watching the mj coverage, sea snuggling up to him and story laughing on his back oblivious...

sea the baker

i've been having blogging withdrawals...since my last post a month ago we went to family camp for a weekend (pine springs ranch, near idyllwild...where i went as a child), hawaii for two weeks and then after being home only 24 hours we were off to my cousin ally's high school graduation...hope to have updates of these excursions with photos if i can get caught up enough once the children are asleep...

for now i wanted to just do a quick post of sea as a baker. "hayno" (hazelle) our neighbor growing up as children, bought her this outfit/cupcake set. sea is really in to cooking and i suppose role play in general. today i hosted coop preschool and one of my favorite aspects was having the children help with aspects of daily life...picking a variety of veggies out of the garden, washing them, cutting them, cooking them, serving them, setting the table, eating together, washing the dishes...i want to get sea more involved in these tasks while they are still fun for her...i'm off to do more tasks myself...hope to post more later tonight...