Happy Birthday

to Agnes -

One year old - woweee!

Meet Pat

Esme' and Annika's new/old favorite?

Pat the Bunny.



That's right.

Daddy's face is still scratchy, Mummy's ring is still so fun to try on.

But the flowers now smell like old Play-doh.

Reflections......... on Death

I was so sad to hear of Madeline L'Engle's passing. I enjoyed her YA lit, especially A Wrinkle in Time (of course). I was not aware, however of her other writings, namely her Sonnets. A woman on a Lovelace List noted this and I loved it - so I thought I'd share. It seemed especially poignant to me as I was thinking about a fellow ward member who lost her husband this past December. They so liked each other, and I know she misses him deeply. I also thought of Jim and Trudy and how much they enjoyed each other's company. It was also poignant to me as I was thinking about how much I miss Bruce now that he is so busy with his new calling. Last night we finally got to catch up on all the mundane things in our lives. And I thought, those are the kinds of things I will miss if Bruce were to pass. It just gave me a little taste of what it might be like.



Sonnet 1

Your place is empty, empty in the night
When I reach out with hand or foot to touch
Your living flesh, the warmth that offers such
An affirmation, oh, it is not right
The bed is empty, made for two, not one.
The reflex does not die, to touch, to reach,
To find. I think it will be never done,
And I am glad of that. It seems that each
Of us find our own answers in this grief.
I know you have been here. You have been here.
The empty place is full of deep relief
Because it still is yours and still is dear.
But oh! That my dear love were in my bed
And my life flesh to your live flesh still wed.


-Madeline L'Engle

Unsolicited Advice

So Eliza was thinking about cutting her hair - possibly like Julie Andrews in the 60's. I think she should update it thusly:



And make sure Matt sports the faux hawk as well.


I am serious about this, by the way.

Happy Thursday

Mom has asked me a few times to update the blog template so I thought I'd experiment.

Thoughts? Ideas? I am happy to oblige.

The title is a little hard to read but I'm not sure what to do about that.