525,600 Minutes

This year went way too fast.

Not surprisingly, of course, because of everything that happened.   First there was this:

Five days later came the call from the Search Committee of the church, moving that process forward.  And, inevitably, moving us to New Hampshire.  New job, new house, new school for Asa, new church (for all, but especially Mummy)... an ordination, a baptism, a birthday...

A year.

Elias has been the least affected by this transition.  This year, as crazy as it's been, is all he's known, and he's just lived each moment joyfully.  He laughs and crawls and sits and chews and claps and laughs some more.  Lucky us.

For the rest of us, it's been a hectic year, skewing our sense of time and growth - the dearth of blog posts being a prime example.  So how do we measure, from one picture to the other?

In love.*

Which for you, little Elias, is exponential.


*in case you missed it: the title and response to this post are from the song "Seasons of Love", from the musical Rent.