Coloring Outside the Lines

"A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others"

If I havent already bragged about them enough, I get the pleasure of working with the most amazing little girls in the entire world.

Don't get me wrong, like any kids, they have their moments. And as precious as they are, they can be complete and total pains in the butt when they want to be.

People always laugh and tell me that they have to "be the best birth control!" And, my usual response is almost always just a giggle or a forced grin.

But, I will be completely honest.

I love them. Beyond any capacity that I ever imagined I could love and I enjoy every single second that I spend with them.

Children make life so much more meaningful. 

While it's supposed to be my job to teach them, 

they have really been the ones teaching me.

Teaching me to love and laugh, to take chances, to create and imagine. Teaching me that  its ok to cry, and color outside the lines. All of the things we as adults all too often forget. The things life is all about.

I mean, what more could you really ask for?

When I leave California, I will undoubtedly be leaving a big piece of heart behind.