if i could change the world
if i could change the world, i would like to do a lot of different things.
i would give homeless people houses.
i would talk to the president and ask him if he would make people live in the same houses.
i would want guns and other weapons to be illegal so there wouldn't be any wars.
i would like to make everybody kind, but i don't know if i could.
i would like to help animals by telling people to recycle so animals would have woods.
i would also like to give stray dogs and cats food, shelter, and even a home.
i would like people to not dump out water and not waste food.
i would like people to stop killing animals.
i would like people to stop littering.
if i could do all of those things, i bet the world would be a better and different place in the future.

seeing things like this melt my heart. i was going through the pile of school stuff that kiele left me to go through (i go through it and decide what to keep for her time capsule and what to purge). and i found the above in her writing journal. if anyone could have seen me, i was grinning ear to ear. the beauty and magic of this child never ceases to amaze me. i saw in another journal of kiele's, her summer plans: study california and history, learn science, do math, learn human body and work on art. i have no doubt that kiele will change the world...someday...somehow...someway.

and sky...well she is my future artist. her drawings blow my mind. she drew this picture of spongebob squarepants the other day, while watching the cartoon. she would look at the TV and then draw a little more, until her drawing was complete. and she just turned four. steve's mom, joy, was an artist and i have no doubt that sky is following in her footsteps. we talked to sky today about starting art classes and she said that she would like to do that.

i never imagined the joy my children would bring me. it gets more amazing every day. truly, they are the greatest gift a person could dream or hope for. i think i might have posted this quote before but i couldn't help but post it again.

there are lives I can imagine without children
but none of them have the same laughter & noise.
- brian andreas