Sunshine
I'm sorry I haven't written recently. I'm going to try to sprinkle in any photos of what has been happening recently.
Job has been pretty difficult. Much of the team is in China. The work is built around their schedule, which means lots of early mornings and late nights. The biggest challenge is just learning how to interpret the gap in cultural communication. I'll be leaving for a three month paternity leave in early May, I'm hoping to capitalize on that time to think through what I want career/vocation wise. I'd really like to settle into a good environment and just focus on growing my family. It's been an outsized source of stress.
The due date is May 5th, it feels like it could be any day now, so we are scrambling to get the final things ready. Right now that means looking for a little larger and more reliable vehicle.
Gaël is excited and nervous about being a big brother. Yesterday he asked Shelby if the newborn would have to deal with bullying and it gave us a little more of a lens into his world as well as showed his protectiveness. We've been having really good breakfasts and walks lately together. I'm worried that it will shift as he gets closer to being a teenager, I just hope he keeps enjoying spending time with me.
I guess the only other thing to share is the weather is getting really nice, which means I'm biking a lot. I have 11 miles each way to the office so it's been some source of exercise. Getting to see the water and the mountains every morning puts me at peace.
I'm not going to preach at you, but spend a few more minutes in the sunshine if you the chance, call your parents, listen to them and then tell them you love them.
Cowabunga dude,
DJ
From John Donahue:
"'There is a place in the soul - there is a place in the soul that neither time, nor space, nor no created thing can touch.' And I really thought that was amazing.
If you'd unpack it, what it means is that your identity is not equivalent to your biography. And that there is a place in you where you have never been wounded, where there's still a sureness in you, where there's a seamlessness in you, and where there is a confidence and tranquility in you."