Techno Son and Co.Here's to a fun filled one!!!!!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Happy Birthday, Techno Son!
Techno Son and Co.Here's to a fun filled one!!!!!
Go with God, my precious Autumn Rain!
We're going to miss you!
Looks like you're good to go.
Looks like you're good to go.
A piece of my heart has flown away. 15 weeks! Her grand adventure has begun. I'll be waiting for that 2 a.m. phone call telling me she's arrived, safe and sound.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Happy Birthday, Autumn Rain
I was 20 when we welcomed the Autumn Rain into our lives, the very beginning of our beautiful family. Now she's turning 20 herself! Once again, I pause to wonder where those years have flown.
Years so full of dreams and big ideas. Years so full of stories and song. Years so full of love and learning. Wonderful years of being mom to my little girl.
Now she's grown up and ready to explore the world on her own. Come Monday she'll board a plane and fly away for her adventure in Germany. I won't know when she goes to bed at time or if she made it to class safely. I won't know who she'll be spending her free time with or when she plans to be home. But a lovely and responsible young lady has replaced my little girl and I know that she's going to be just fine.
For today we'll celebrate. In fact we've already begun with the trombone "Happy Birthday" greeting. We'll spend the afternoon enjoying the art museum and come home to savor Williamsburg Orange Cake and open gifts. And we'll ignore the fact that Monday is only 4 days away.
Years so full of dreams and big ideas. Years so full of stories and song. Years so full of love and learning. Wonderful years of being mom to my little girl.
Now she's grown up and ready to explore the world on her own. Come Monday she'll board a plane and fly away for her adventure in Germany. I won't know when she goes to bed at time or if she made it to class safely. I won't know who she'll be spending her free time with or when she plans to be home. But a lovely and responsible young lady has replaced my little girl and I know that she's going to be just fine.
For today we'll celebrate. In fact we've already begun with the trombone "Happy Birthday" greeting. We'll spend the afternoon enjoying the art museum and come home to savor Williamsburg Orange Cake and open gifts. And we'll ignore the fact that Monday is only 4 days away.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Spring?
That's a hard one to get a hold of!
It doesn't look like spring.....too many grey clouds.
It doesn't feel like spring....too cold.
I'd venture to say it doesn't even smell like spring.
But that's okay, I like the rain...most of the time.
Our furnace works very well.
I have a closet full of sweaters to pull on.
Light some candles, make some tea.
We'll give winter a few more weeks to linger.
It doesn't look like spring.....too many grey clouds.
It doesn't feel like spring....too cold.
I'd venture to say it doesn't even smell like spring.
But that's okay, I like the rain...most of the time.
Our furnace works very well.
I have a closet full of sweaters to pull on.
Light some candles, make some tea.
We'll give winter a few more weeks to linger.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
A Company of Good Friends
I'm pressing the rewind button with this post. Back we go to the week before we were broadsided with last week's loss.
We have been blessed with many good friends over the years. One of these friends stopped in with a bit of California sunshine to brighten our Oregon days. Some call him The Penguin Boy, we call him cousin. Nobody can have too many cousins....we know, we have 57!
Thanks for the laughter, music, and dancing. Thanks for putting smiles on these faces.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
A Time To Weep
We had high hopes for this new month as we turned the calendar page on Saturday. February had been hard and we were ready for a fresh start.
Three weeks ago today I was comforting my daughter as she mourned the loss of her classmate, her friend. I couldn't really ease her pain, all I could do was hold her while she cried and tried to make some sense of this young life cut short.
Today it's my turn to weep. The Lord chose to take my friend Annie home last night. My heart is heavy with sorrow. If we could only understand the ways of God. Why, God? Annie was so young and has young children who depend on her, a husband who loves her and will be empty without her there. Young moms shouldn't die from pneumonia.
This morning I held my younger daughters and wept with them, Annie touched their lives in a special way and they are grieving too. Life holds too many questions that will never be answered. Some days are just too hard to bear.
Three weeks ago today I was comforting my daughter as she mourned the loss of her classmate, her friend. I couldn't really ease her pain, all I could do was hold her while she cried and tried to make some sense of this young life cut short.
Today it's my turn to weep. The Lord chose to take my friend Annie home last night. My heart is heavy with sorrow. If we could only understand the ways of God. Why, God? Annie was so young and has young children who depend on her, a husband who loves her and will be empty without her there. Young moms shouldn't die from pneumonia.
This morning I held my younger daughters and wept with them, Annie touched their lives in a special way and they are grieving too. Life holds too many questions that will never be answered. Some days are just too hard to bear.
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