Through the Looking Glass

"We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are." (Anais Nin, French-born American writer).

Last night I was enjoying the rare luxury of having my husband and children fix dinner for me. They were in the kitchen making homemade pizza and I was sitting in the family room relaxing near the crackling fire. Pure bliss! I looked up and noticed that I had a perfect view into the kitchen where they were cooking. Now what you need to know is this:I was looking through the sliding glass doors of my new family room, all the way into the kitchen window near the deck. It was raining gently outside on this cool fall evening...the warmth of kitchen light glowing through two different sets of windows all the way to my heart.

Sometimes looking through glass can distort the subject at hand. For me, seeing my beautiful children and husband laughing while they were prepping the pizza fixings, unaware of me taking it all in...the scene was so clear.