I wanted to share my wonderful morning So, read an excerpt from the email I sent to my wife inside. →[More:]I had one of those really great moments this morning. Ev was happy as a clam today (to be dropped off at her daycare), and when I got Soph out of the van at Alexander (Sophie's school), I looked up at the clear blue sky and noticed the moon. I pointed it out to Soph and she was suitably impressed, then I turned to the left and pointed out the beautiful orange sky above the overpass, which indicated that the sun was coming up and told her that we will have both the sun AND the moon in the sky today. She had probably stopped listening, as she was shambling in her snow-booty way towards the door to her school. She looked so happy, just happiness personified in a purple coat and stripey glove (she had dropped her other glove and didn't want to wear it), and I think, at that moment, my heart was just about to pop. It was a fucking glorious moment, so I told Soph that right that second, hanging out with her, I really, really loved my life.

Warm, sunny winter mornings rock. It is now almost two hours later, and as I proofread this for typos, I can still feel that swell of happiness. It's a pretty good feeling.