Ethan

While my "terrible two" gives me daily frustrations to lesser and greater degrees (along with daily laughter, joy, discovery and lots of love, don't get me wrong), I need to keep in the moment and remember that he's learning so much so fast, and he's only doing the best he can.

I want him to keep his sense of wonder about the world. I want to always appreciate his exquisiteness, even during times of impatience.

Parenting, like children, is so imperfect. Ethan's teaching me so much about myself. Its never as we expect - the challenges, for sure; the reward: it is infinite.