Wildflower in the Sun: Eyes Open

Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be open to you.

Cap started talking, and I mean TALKING, between 18 - 19 months. He said little things here and there. We used a lot of sign language to communicate before speaking our words. From the time he was using words, we started to teach him to "keep his eyes open". It was at a time where he became quite demanding in what he wanted to see...mostly tractors...and so we began to teach him all the great things you can see with open eyes. This cut out his demands quickly, and turned everything into an adventure.

Our backyard is one of those adventures. Every time we move, we wonder how it could get any better. Each move it does. When moving to Colorado Springs, even though we were very much looking forward to it and felt led to do so, we felt we would be loosing part of ourselves by moving to a "city". We didn't envision ourselves growing and raising kids in a neighborhood with houses and fences etc.

After dinner last night, Cap and I went for a walk. I asked him where he wanted to go. He said, "I want to run up the big hill and see what we can see." We held hands and talked and he told me he likes going on walks. I knew he liked being outside since he was born. It calmed him as an infant and it has been used to grow him now as a toddler. But I think it hit me, that he REALLY LIKES the outdoors. My heart felt so full at that moment.

As I noticed the beautiful clouds over Pike's Peak, Cap noted that there were no trucks working behind the Safeway. I was looking out in the mountains wondering how I would get from one peak to another and Cap was asking why there was a big slab of concrete on top of the hill and if the dirt lot down below was a pond.

We are asking, seeking, and knocking for 'much'. We are keeping our eyes open in anticipation of good things and full life.

Enjoy!

Cap exploring the backyard! Finding ripe raspberries!