Five Things on a September Monday

September Mondays are tricky and lovely at the same time. There’s something about their fleetingness that makes them precious, like if you died this very second with the sun shining, the wind blowing and the waves up, you’d be fine with that. It’s all theoretical, of course. We’re never fine with it. Dying.

So walking on the beach, a list came to me.

1. I’ve never had 100% of my four kids be fine at once. So since that’s never happened, it’s going to cease being a hope of mine.
2. I have one grandchild who tells me she doesn’t like being outside. This is astonishing and distressing to me in a thousand ways since I think being outside a lot is a big deal and fundamental for healthy living. I look at her pale face and big brown eyes like she is a  mushroom growing in the cellar. How could such…