Last night it happened again – the stars aligned and everything was perfect. Things that “should not” have happened, HAPPENED. And once again, when I thought through it all step by step and giggled about the perfectness of it all, I wondered WHY and HOW do such things fall into my lap? I discussed it with David, who came up with what feels like the right answer: I am AVAILABLE. If you make yourself available to things around you, you get to experience them. I don’t mean “available” as in calendar/schedule wise. I mean available as in head-space, heart-space, and mind-space wise. I now realize that I am a super “available” person. I am open to what is going on around me and willing to take it in, let it happen, and experience it. That availableness is not always rosy. I was open, willing, and available to take care of 3 parents as they died. Being really “available” means taking in the sadness, pain, and heartache more than those around you might, just as much