"This is why I am here"

During his lunch hour, O tries to play soccer as often as he can. Each evening, I can tell right away whether he played or not - because if he did play, he has a glow. He has told me that when he walks onto the field he thinks "this is why I am here". I love that; what a great feeling and sense of awareness. It is extensible well beyond O's soccer lunch. We should all feel that way at various points in our day. If we don't find that feeling daily we should make some changes (in attitude or lifestyle) so that we can find that feeling. As I bite into a fresh orange, my only real craving since being pregnant, I now think, "this is why I am here". As I run in the rain up to the Chart House with the best neighbor ever, I think "this is why I am here". As I see my belly grow bigger each minute I think "this is why I am here". When I have a great phone conversation with my fab grandma, "this is why I am here". Thanks O, you are why I am here!

I think I will add "why I am here" as a label in my blog for postings that give me that feeling.