Happy Halloween!

 Happy Holidays from the Harrison Family! 

💝🍀🎄🐰💥🦃

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Er.... I mean, Happy Halloween! 

This is the first time ever that our costumes don't really coordinate together, unless we were trying to make some sort of political statement, maybe? 

Irish Dance Feis

 Hazel did her second ever Irish dance competition! It was exciting because she was excited and she had a lot of fun. And she got a fourth place medal on one of the dances! 

Autumn Tea

 Last week I noticed that there was going to be a cold front coming through and so on the last warm day of the year/season, I knew I had to do something to take it all in, one last time. I had a long list of to-do's, as always, but I decided to be irresponsible instead and invited some friends to go have a little tea party/picnic up the canyon. It was truly wonderful and so amazingly magically beautiful. 

My friend Elizabeth asked if it was okay if she brought her two little kids- of course it was! In fact, I was sad my kids were in school and unable to join too. For 12 years these are the kinds of simple outings I took with my kids and I have found so much joy in motherhood in these moments. To go and do it alone.... felt so strange and sad. But I thought a lot about how this was a transitional moment for me- to go and do this kind of thing just for myself. To transition a bit into a new time of life. Just a little bit. 

I also tried to channel the energy of the trees so that I too can do what they do- spend a season letting go and then rest for a time. Do you think maybe this winter will be my time to actually enjoy it? There's always a hope and chance! ;) 

For the tea party I brought my old Armenian tea cups and and some cider and apple cinnamon tea. And all was right. 

I'm grateful for spontaneous friends.