It's been too long

It has been three busy months since I last wrote about my happy little family. In that time our little house has started to become the house of my dreams. Satu sold the Atlanta home and set about making a new little nest for us. She is like the most dedicated little birdy in this regard.Shiny things arrive and become part of our dream while things that don't fit us anymore get thoughtfully set aside. She has been working so hard to get the floors ready and to make the space uniquely ours.

Here I am eating the world in my grungy work clothes with my witch hair. I am so happy!

A couple of weeks ago, Satu and I were out looking for curtains when I stumbled on a beautiful dresser in the store. It was blue with inlaid shells. I kind of casually mentioned how much I liked it, but didn't consider it seriously because it was really expensive. Satu went back the next day and bought it. The next time I went to the new house with her, it was there in the bedroom. When I saw it I think I squealed with surprise and happiness. What a wonderful, perfect present. It was so thoughtful and sweet of her to get it for me. She really does listen and care for me and I can tell that she truly wants me to be happy just like I want to make her happy.

Satu is a true partner in every way. She shares her laughter and also her fears with me. It is something that I think is very rare and special. If there is one person in the world who has probably never, ever in her whole life committed the crime of over-share it is my sweet little song bird, yet she is honest and unguarded with me. I always feel close to her in a way that I have never felt before.

Right now she is sleeping peacefully beside me. She is always bone tired because she works so hard. Everything she does, she works hard at, not just the house, or our family, but all of the details of life. I have never met a harder working, more earnest, more sweet or a more kind person than she. Our house will be full of laughter, music, happiness and love as long as she is in it. But then, Satu could make a woodshed feel like a wonderful place to come home to.