211/365 these are the days of miracle & wonder

211/365 these are the days of miracle & wonder, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

when you work with kids, sometimes you have days where various bodily fluids end up all over the place, and your favorite necklace gets broken during a strangling hug and there are tears and bandaids and constant emergencies and scheduling problems and loud noises. but this is all part of growing up, and maybe at the end of the day you see an infant boy start to crawl, or the best cloud you've ever seen from the upper deck of the highway, or you sign a lease for a house with two of your best friends and eat sushi until you think you might explode. this is life. this is a song sung out loud, off key, making up the verses until you get to a familiar chorus.

don't cry baby, don't cry.