ok. much to...maybe no one's chagrin, i haven't witten in live journal for a looooong time. Partly because my computer was gone for over a month for minorly successful brain surgery, and partly because i've been busy / lazy (pick one). There's been alot going on... trying to do well at keeping up with Mom and Dad's needs (not a burden, a joy), ( Read more... )

i agree with micaela...snow days rock. Except for the part where you gotta shovel in shoulder-high snow in the freezing cold because your heat keeps going off because the snow is clogging up an towering over the PCV valve outside that is the heat outlet for your gas heater and your son's car is almost buried in your driveway, so no one can plow and ( Read more... )

Rules: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 10 weird habits/things/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks ( Read more... )

Well, today Colette celebrates a birthday... and leaves with her thirteen year old daughter on a two-month cross country trip. I really admire what she's doing...and you should see her agenda for this educational voyage with Claire. It's amazing! Her desire is to use this time to deepen their relationship, explore learning in a whole new way, with ( Read more... )

"Through the corridors of sleep ( Read more... )

My hair is RED! I mean, Miranda on "Sex in the City" red! Yesterday Sybil(who said she used the same color as last time but must have looked up Micaela's) goofed. So today I look like a candidate for a St. Patrick's Day float...It's pretty intense ( Read more... )

i guess God wanted me to have the experience of not only coming to know and love these Samali-Bantu children, but actually feel the African heat! It's the total sensory experience... i must say, it's exhausting. They are so cute, though. One little girl named Jeanette waited after play practice today to shyly give me this folded piece of paper, ( Read more... )

I can't find Jo's email address!! It's July, so i'm going crazy with weddings and ESL summer school....i apologize for my lack of contact. In the meantime, Jo, I hope you read this and send me your email address via mine which is dieselkeys@aol.com. Hope you're taking good care of you. love, mom i promise i'll write more next time :-)

Every time i write in this thing i feel just a little self-indulgent. Or maybe self-important, like does the world really care to hear my ramblings? Probably not, but it's cathartic, anyway. Actually, it's even kind of an examination of conscience for me. (Hmm...how Catholic is THAT ( Read more... )

Today i went to a Muslim funeral for my neighbor. His name was Sulejman. and he was about the nicest, most dapper 83 year old man there ever was. His heart just gave up...leaving a grieving Bosnian family. His daughter Erica was pretty inconsolable. Mom Dad and i went to the service and it was really quite striking in its simplicity. Here's a man ( Read more... )