Thank you, Melissa. I don't know if we've ever crossed paths before, but I like your vibe.

Taking my kids tomorrow to my old great church. Today was lovely. D11 and I rearranged the furniture AGAIN; boys played like boys; started putting Christmas stuff away; read three chapters of Harry Potter ("Where your treasure lies there your heart will be also") watched a movie, ate popcorn, and had a very nice dinner full of silliness and laughter at the kitchen table.

Did I mention that for our family New Year practice we are each writing a gratitude on a scrap of paper and keeping it in a large jar to be read at Thanksgiving? S6 lives the practice, D11 complains and is resistant (but complies, sort of) and S8 goes along.

I lead a nice family. I have a lot to be grateful for.


Me42, H40
D12, S8, S7
A revealed: 7/13
Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15

She believed she could, so she did.