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Yesterday, Rene and I took Miles on a walk the entire length of Mill Avenue; from Tempe Town Lake to the ASU Art Muesum, then back. The weather was great. A Fall day in Arizona. Sunny. Clear. A slight chill in the air. The very hint of a breeze. We walked together, talking. Dreaming up things that we would do with Miles: baby sign language, swimming courses, mother/child yoga, the cub scouts… And I was overcome with a great feeling of contentment, that, “Yes. I like our life!” I was imagining ourselves in some other city, like Washington DC for instance, the two of us out for a walk with Miles in his stroller, just like today, only bundled up in new, winter clothing and surveying the National Mall… the museums… the monuments… and us, and love.