I have to admit…..I have been feeling a bit malaisey lately.

The world in general feels very heavy and although I am fairly sheltered in my little bubble, I can’t help but feel the weight of it all pressing down.

Sitting on the porch tonight, I glanced behind me and spotted this narwhal, still taped to the window where I hung it months ago for the neighborhood kids to find while out on “safari.”

I felt the heaviness lift slightly, and although the kids have long ago lost interest in scanning windows for animals peeking out, I pressed the narwhal firmly on the window, smoothed out the crinkled edges and decided it should remain, swimming across the window, gliding over glass.

If only for a little while longer.