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Me, Ayden, and the top of Cadence’s head, Christmas 2009 Reason to Celebrate We’ve decorated our Christmas tree, attended parties, bought (but not yet wrapped!) gifts, baked, and hung lights from the eaves. Our nativity sits in its place of honor, where lamplight illuminates the figure of the Baby Jesus in His manger. Mistletoe hangs […]
Cadence, Rob, Elaine, and Sawyer Happy Birthday, Rob! Our son-in-law Rob is 30 today. Yesterday, Elaine prepared a lovely party for her husband. Rich and I drove in the rain to San Diego to share in the merrymaking, arriving a bit early to help with last-minute preparations. Thus we had the pleasure of watching the house fill with […]
Cadence Contagious Gratitude Sunday, we attended an intensive workshop in gratitude: a birthday party for our grandson Cadence, who turns four on Thursday. The formula was simple: 1. People gave Cadence gifts. 2. Cadence delighted in the gifts. In true four-year-old style, his excitement could not be dampened. A modest stack of books, $20 in spending money, […]
His Ways, His Timing Yesterday we celebrated our daughter-in-law Rachael on her 28th birthday. On our way to the birthday festivities, we stopped at the cemetery nearby to pay our respects at the grave of my husband’s firstborn son, Sean. He died on his wife’s birthday four years ago. Thursday brings the second anniversary of my mother’s […]
Elaine, Rob, and Judi …Is Sometimes more than Two! My dad said to me, the other day, “Elaine’s [my daughter] marriage to Rob has been good for the whole family.” I didn’t ask him what he meant, because it seemed obvious to me. Rob and his family are awesome. He has a younger brother, Ricky, who […]
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