Sara Cotner
What a wild 2019. So wild, in fact, that it took me all the way to February to create our year-end recap video.
I’d love for you to check-out some of our adventures to Central America, Indiana, Texas, Florida, California, and New York (and I’m sure that I’m leaving someplace off). Definitely a year of transitions and learning with so much to be grateful for. Huge hugs to everyone. Sending love your way! :)
If you’d like to view previous recaps you can find those at the links below:
You hold Henry
in the incandescent overhead light
as dawn peaks through our windows.
He's holding onto you like a baby chimp;
his little paws clasping your back
and his legs wrapped around you
as tight as two carpentry clamps.
Swaying back-and-forth,
like you did when they were babies.
Swaying, kissing his cheeks, and swaying
Repeat.
They only know a mother
who is present.
They only know a mother
who helps their tears go away.
A mama bird protecting her chicks
from that crazy bald eagle.
Exhausted,
I don't appreciate you enough.
And,
when I do
I appreciate you
too much.
You are a genius.
You made this happen
[I point all around me]
in spite of me
always going over my allowance.
You are
my five-star
life hacker app
that was activated
that first day we met:
course-correcting my worst instincts
tempering my anxiety
and showing me
my potential.
God only knows where we'd be without you.
You are so loved.