A life filled with curious things

One of the things that I love about Satu is her curiosity. She is interested in everything which is great because so am I! When there is a mole running across the driveway, we will chase it together. When there is a frog on the front porch, I can count on her to wake me up at 1am to go check it out, and when she finds a beautiful little bird egg, well,

I might come home to find it waiting by the sink ready to delight me. Satu shares. Not just with me, but with everyone. She believes in the experience of life. She encourages Josie to smell the coffee and gives the dogs olives because they should have the experience.

When I came home and found the egg, I must admit that my first thought was...

which is a little greeting card I bought a while ago. I bought it because I am excited about moving in with Satu in the next few months and I thought it would be perfect to break the stress bubble some time when we are both neck deep in boxes and can't find the dogs under all the bubble wrap and newsprint. Unfortunately, I haven't even started to pack and I've already lost the card.

 

The thing is, I am so excited to see what our lives together will be like. We've been together for five years, but my job has kept us from being able to have all those wonderful little moments together, like when you discover a bird's nest or learn a new word. Every time I have a moment like that, Satu is the first one I want to share it with. I want her to laugh at the funny moments in my life and I want to hear about her day when she comes home to me. I want to  always find eggs by the sink and feathers in the den and get pictures of lizards during my work day because a life shared is a fuller and better life.