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Friday, May 2

Welcome Spring!

This is a frequent occurrence at our house during the spring and summer. The boys picked these for me, and Ethan put them in a cup with water by himself. My boys love me.

Ethan has been having lots of fun inventing things with his birthday Legos. Here he is with an invention his dad made with him.

I had a dream last night that it was my last day of high school and we were signing yearbooks and I was very unpopular and no one would sign my yearbook. Do you think I have some residual bitterness or feelings of friendlessness or something?

3 people wanted to leave a comment:

Kayla said...: Legos are a toy for all ages! Jake has ordered them off of ebay a couple times. I accidentally knocked one of his over the other day...ooops!; May 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Deneal said...: Your boys may be interested in this bit of information I read in one of Ashton's books: Bees like the taste of blue, purple and yellow flowers best. That must be why we always see them around those dandelions!

I want to sign your yearbook. But you have to sign mine too...and no writing "have a cool summer, see you next year."; May 3, 2008 at 2:43 AM
Sarah Mickalson said...: Gotta love your boys! Whenever Ryan sees a flower outside he has to pick me one. When he hands it to me is always saya something so sweet like 'I picked these beautiful flowers for you'. It makes me melt.; May 3, 2008 at 6:24 AM

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It is a waste of time and energy to worry about what others are thinking about you. because... You can never know exactly what another person is thinking...AND, the wost part is...they are usually not thinking about you at all. They are too busy worrying about what others are thinking about them. So, the truth is, all those terrible thoughts you thought they might be thinking about you, are your own thoughts about yourself. Better spend your energy worrying about that...or, you just might convince somebody to think what you were afraid they might be thinking after all. ~Portia Nelson

"When we honestly ask which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not-knowing, not-curing, not-healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness ... makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters." ~Henri Nouwen

"...People need to talk, and often a willingness to sit and listen is the greatest kindness one person can offer to another. One of the first lessons of childhood is to be wary of strangers, and while this is good counsel to guard against the world's very small nefarious element, it also teaches us to block out the large majority of those who just have something on their mind they'd like to say. We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs. By the time we reach adulthood, many have perfected the art of isolation, of being careful, of not listening in the name of safety. But the truth is that we need to hear other people, all people, especially in those moments when we don't know exactly where we're going ourselves." ~Ann Patchett

"Sometimes, I imagine my own life as a series of snapshots taken by some omniscient artist who is just keeping track - not interfering or saying anything, just capturing the moment for me to look back at it again later....This is the way it is, the photograph says, and I nod my head in appreciation. The power of art is in that nod of appreciation, though sometimes I puzzle nothing out, and the nod is more a shrug. No, I do not understand this one, but I see it. I take it in. I will think about it. If I sit with this image long enough, this story, I have the hope of understanding something I did not understand before. And that, too, is art, the best art." ~Dorothy Allison

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