random furniture placement

Someone in Sitka was inspired by the mystery piano in florida, I think. Yesterday we passed this cabinet sitting by the road...


The sign said "Take it away. Fix door, replace glass." We drove by it several times during the course of the day. The sign was soon removed but the cabinet was still there in the evening. Cassie and I thought we should add a lounge chair and coffee table to the arrangement, but it was gone this morning. Still find it very amusing.

my babies

I moved some photos around this weekend. Here are my babies -- then and now...



Kinda hard to get a good photo with the glare on the glass, but aren't they adorable? Don't you just wanna pinch those cheeks?

Thought I needed a happy post after that last one. Thank you all for your love and support!

restraint

I try very hard to refrain from negative posts. On facebook, on my blog. But this week and weekend have been very emotionally trying. Lots of weeping going on in this house.

Nearly four years after their father left us, my kids are still hurting. And I don't know how to help them.

At Mass this morning, this song started me crying all over again. This is what I want to be for my children:

Will you let me be your servant?
Let me be as Christ to you;
Pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant, too.

We are pilgrims on a journey,
We are trav'lers on the road;
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.

I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the night-time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
Speak the peace you long to hear.

I will weep when you are weeping;
When you laugh I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
'Til we've seen this journey through.

When we sing to God in heaven
We shall find such harmony,
born of all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony.

The Servant Song, by Richard Gillard

God bless all the good fathers out there. And God help all those who don't know how to be good fathers.

it's snow wonder

The problem with me and snow is that I can stand and look at individual snowflakes as they land on my coat and gloves and ignore everything else around me for as long as it keeps coming down. Trying to capture them for longer examination is nearly impossible as they melt so quickly, and my camera doesn't have a great macro setting.

But Cassie's has a better macro setting! And today when we were on our way out to take pictures of yet another breathtaking sunset, I noticed that some of those gorgeous snowflakes were, in fact, visible on the deck railing. The fact that it was 17 degrees out kept them from melting, I guess. Here's what she captured (sorry, Cassie, but I stole your photo).


For those of you who aren't on facebook, here's that sunset I was talking about...