Thank you for the lovely comments you made on my Love Story post yesterday.

Thanks for all the love and support, everyone. The truth is, our community of friends and family has been instrumental in helping us through the difficult times in our marriage, and has been a source of constant joy and celebration during the happy times. I could have taken ( Read more... )

( 19 Years )

Don't ask me why he only had three. We're all supposed to have four. Not Ian. He's quirky that way, I guess ( Read more... )

Today is our 14th wedding anniversary.

Fourteen years ago I knit my life together with Ian's and I have never had a moment's regret. We are sailing through this life together with intention, with labor, and with persistent delight in each other. We allow each other to dream, to rage, to unfold. We are both patient and impatient to explore all life ( Read more... )

Ever feel like you've gotten into the habit of being crabby, because crabby answers to questions like, "How was your day?" and "How are you?" are quick to appear in your brain and sometimes sound witty when you say them aloud? But when you really stop to think about how you are and you look around and take stock, you realize that there's really not ( Read more... )

They say keeping a gratitude journal can make you a happier person. I try to appreciate all the blessings in my life, to stop and gape at all the good fortune that life has showered on me. I am regularly awed by the love and abundance that flows my way. I just want to say Thank you.

I'm grateful for ...

• Two beautiful, healthy children who make us ( Read more... )

Dad continues to recover well. It's a slow process. Tuesdays and Thursdays are Mom's long work days, so it’s a long day alone for Dad. Some things we just didn't anticipate: We arranged for my friend Cate to cook for Mom and Dad this month. She's bringing two meals for four people every week. My parents say they are eating Cate's delicious food ( Read more... )

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Thirty-seven years ago today, the brightest star child traveled down the rainbow bridge from heaven to grace this planet with his joy, enthusiasm, love, and brilliance. He is the most sensitive, dynamic man I know. He is the most dutiful, patient, passionate, and outrageous man I know. He fills my life with surprises, adventure, kindness, and ( Read more... )

My dad is doing fine. The angiogram he had last Friday went well. They discovered that in addition to needing a new valve, he will need a new aorta because his is enlarged (stretched) and thus weakened. This knocks the urgency up a bit, I think. It also means life-long medication, if I understood my mom's explanation correctly. We are waiting to ( Read more... )