jay and james, john and dan, putting something together Between the wooly bear caterpillar Tim has in a big water tumbler in the kitchen, and crawling around in the garden tonight, and Little Jay getting ready to go back to the dorm on Monday, I remembered this writing from a long time ago. I wrote […]
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this morning i thought we should have bought flowers. then i remembered we have a garden full of them, dur. Today was James’ confirmation at church. It’s that old Lutheran thing, middle school kids take classes after they’re too old for Sunday School, and then right before high school they finish, and there’s a special
with my grandpa is John Kenneth. That’s Kenneth with him in his arms. John is Jay’s mom’s dad. He was born on a June morning a looong time ago, with long legs and reddish-gold hair, way back in the 70s. (The little kids find that funny, like it’s so long ago it’s unimaginable.) the three
something from ten years ago: We made it through the winter! It was long and dark with deep cold and snow, but finally spring is here. The Mississippi is overflowing its banks in the city right now. Yesterday, stuck on a bridge in traffic we could see way down the river, our view unobstructed by
Tonight we tackled that hell-hole. Jay’s been working on Tim’s room, so he’s been relocated to the guest room where Joe and Heidi lived this winter. Wheee. You can imagine. There’s a thing called The Gray Layer. It lives in nooks and crannies, under couch cushions. You know it when you see it. It’s Barbie
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This guy turned two yesterday! We met their family out at an indoor playground, and it was the perfect place to celebrate in February. The kids ran and climbed until they were red and sweaty. Faces that overheated haven’t been seen in months. When it was time to go home, John invited us over to
And it’s very, very quiet. First it was very, very loud, and a very lot of chow mein was eaten. this was saturday, not today, thankfully l.c. was My Sweetie for the last five days. He hugged, he told little jokes, was thoroughly charming. He took exactly one nap in five days, didn’t cry, was
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This girl has it. She’s bold and graceful and openly loves without reservation. She’s honest, yeah even to the point of bluntness now and then, plus she’s also fairly hilarious. I’m so glad to know her. She came up with the idea it was time to get baptized, so Sunday was the day. (Usually it’s
Okay, this is t.c. and he arrived here in a burst of happy hollering. I love his hat, asked him to pose for a picture, and snapped this: That’s him and his grandpa. It was a snap, that quick. But the light was so pretty, I drew him in and cropped the edges. After this,
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ham it up, you cuties Okay, I heard it again yesterday, a person complaining about another’s bad behavior, “She’s just doing it for attention. Ignore her.” I’ve heard this line a million times. Where did it ever even come from? It’s shaming, insulting, a put-down. No, no, no, no, no. We could stop seeing wanting
