trampoline bungee at the balboa fun zone.

and i just want to say thank you to everybody on their thoughts on my last post. it was very nice to read the thoughtful, peaceful comments. one thing i strive to do in my life is to be kind. of course sometimes the unkind tara shows her face, but that is usually in reaction to someone being mean to me first. self defense!

i had an experience in high school (during desert storm). i had a peace sticker on my car then too. one day our school had a rally, and there was a big fight (who woulda saw that coming?) between the war supporters and the supposed anti-war peace group. its happened ages over, but i was shocked at the time to hear the people that supported the war thought that those of us who didnt want a war were directly unsupportive of the troops that were there. which wasnt, and isnt the case. for me, at least.

and i have always wondered what the people fighting our war feel about me-the person who wants peace. do they feel i dont support them, like the people at home seemed to? or do they understand that i know that the war isnt their doing, that i can support them AND desire peace. i am so glad to know that at least from the people that posted, the soldiers understand my point of view and would not be offended at the tiny statement on the back of my car.

i hesitate, gravely hesitate, to post about any type of political thing here because people have very strong opinions on topics such as this. and opinions are rarely changed. and fights amongst the comments dont do a thing to change them. so please, negative or unkind comments are unnecessary. before you feel any desire to post, know that i believe my opinions are just that, opinions. based on my experience and upbringing. my stating them should not offend anyone. i fully respect that my readers may have a differing opinion, and i am totally okay with that. differences are what make our world the amazing, inspiring thing it is.

i will leave you with this, one of my favorite points to ponder at the moment:

Don’t believe everything you think.

since lisa and i have such busy schedules with our kids in school, and other stuff, we always try to meet up on school holidays. so we met up with lisa and her husband matt at the beach on the camp pendleton marine base last week. (matt is a marine.) this time the kids did feel the cold, so no one got in the water-well except for anna-but that wasnt on purpose. mckenna sat in a pop up tent with blankets and snacks while we wandered over to the jetty. (not to self-buy pop up tent for mckenna at the beach-she was totally stoked about that thing.) the tide was extremely low. the water level would normally be over our heads where we were standing. so the tide pools were easily accessible and really cool. while they explored, i stayed on top of the jetty to keep an eye on the mckenna tent.

and then matt went back to our chairs with finn so i went down to expore too.

it was CRAZY how far out we could walk!

not so happy about being wet. thankfully lisa came prepared and we changed her into dry boy clothes.

(lisa just sent me the action shots of the fall)

her face kills me in that one! she is totally like oh crap, what happened?! (thanks mcg)

i am completely in beach mode right now-its all i want to do…

oh, and nothing came of the peace sticker. perhaps they knew that for me, that sticker signifies more than just an anti-war statement. its the theme of my life. i just want us all to be able to feel peace inside.