Happy Places

I woke up from a nap this afternoon in a very contented state - a warm, sleepy Baby J was all curled up and asleep on my chest, 'Sana was napping, and Aria was upstairs quietly reading. It was a good place to be. I spent the whole day with the nieces crew (which in all fairness, includes a boy now, but will continue to be refered to as my nieces) and really had a great time. I don't know if it was that they were being particularily good today or I hadn't babysat them in a long time but it felt nice and normal. I used to spend all my time at Star and Eric's with the girls; granted I was a lot more broken back then but it was a huge part of my putting my life back together. It's nice to know that no matter how far away you go, your family is still there when you come home, arms wide open. I know that I have been very lucky in my life - somedays I am just reminded of it again.