Know Yourself: Crazy

Haven't written much in a while, and it's not because we haven't had grand adventures, sometimes priorities shift. One thing that never seems to shift from our focus is embracing the crazy.

We should be more careful with this word. It can be derogatory or endearing. It can mean hectic or spontaneous. Some seek it, others are desperately afraid of it. If I could teach our kids anything, just be crazily present in the moment.

Tonight when I boarded my work shuttle (I make it sound like a train, but it is more like a public bus) I saw a car across the street with the back window rolled all the way down. This caught me as odd, because it is freezing outside, seriously, but then I noticed this little face of a 6 or 7 year old girl starring in awe out the window at the buildings. The parent in me recognized that since it was this cold, she probably fogged up the windows getting close to the glass, so of course, the logical thing to do was roll them down. I waved. And waved. Finally the Dad saw me, his eyes lighting up and got her attention. She scanned, grinning wildly and waved. We had our own fun crazy moment. This made me really happy and I wondered, was that crazy? Who knows, but I know how disappointed I'd been to not wave to her.

Random photo inserted here. Just a shot I took with Roland, he's really into catching the sunrise lately, and that's awesome. Aria's usually already up anyway and we haven't see too many of these this winter.



Long story, simple point: sometimes it's easier to be crazy. I know it's a heck of a lot more fun. That's why we had a Ground Hog day picnic in the car tonight at school with cupcakes decorated like ground hogs (thanks Rebecca). Roland literally danced a jig he was so tickled. Aria sang.

It's also why we picked up and drove to North Carolina, leaving at 7 PM on a Friday night. Sure, to the outside that seems a little bit crazy, and it was. A crazy good time. But more about that later. I will tell you that when we got there we were all so excited (and a little wound up from driving till 1:30 AM) that we had our own little crazy party before calling it a night and going to bed at 3:30 AM. And that's OK.

Love like crazy. Cherish like crazy. Give like crazy. Fight light crazy. Laugh like crazy. Just be 100% comfortable with what you are feeling in the moment. And anyone who calls you crazy, learn to deal with it, or find friends who are wonderfully crazy, just like you.