Oh You're So Silly

With 3 children in the house, there isn't much need to look for entertainment elsewhere.  

The calmest member of the house is the dog.  He's the only who has never bitten me.  ;-)

Reunited

     Thankfully, we don't have to use the internet anymore to do our family devotions with R.  Though R was able to spend 2 weeks with us in Oregon, we spent another 3 more weeks apart.  My Oregon neighbor lent me her password to use her WiFi, so we took advantage of Skype to see him.  Sometimes the Skype application or the WiFi was unstable and we would get disconnected.  Such is the trouble of long-distance communications.  But now we are home.  There is something about snuggling up together to pray and read as a family.  May it never end.

O Portland

     O Portland, how I will miss you.    

Your color, your mundane,

your sleepy, your life,

your squares, your pegs,

your square pegs, your motley quilt

--do they not also abide in me?

Oh live strongly in me, Portland!

Run like a river through my soul and live as a lake in my heart.

Root yourself in the base of my skull and branch out into my vision and fingertips.

I remain under your spell.  Very truly yours.