"These are the days they say we'll remember..."

A gift of days.
Days too precious to take lightly.
Days to be present in.

Byron and I came to North Carolina for a wedding. Not just any wedding--the wedding of very close friends. We came to celebrate Hunter and Tait's choice of each other. Byron gave the homily during the service. I was the Matron of Honor. And what an honor it was for both of us to be so intimately involved in it all. We linger in the warmth of all we were part of.

A gift of days.
Days too rare not to cherish.
Days to be filled with.

After the wedding, Byron flew back to Tanzania and I came on to LA. My sister came down from Seattle. We stayed up till midnight every night. We didn't stop talking... Not even once. We got time with our sisters-in-law and our younger brother. We enjoyed our parents, especially shopping with our mum ;-)

A gift of days.
Days too extraordinary to rush.
Days to hold onto.

Tomorrow I'll travel up to Santa Barbara to be with our older boys. There will be times with friends; times to tank up on. I'll meet someone I've long-desired to meet. I'll be at Jesse and Trevor's Tuesday night gig. There will be a book release party on Wednesday. I'll return to LA for a second book release party Thursday. My birthday will come. I'll celebrate by attending the Sufjan Stevens concert on Saturday. I'll pack up Sunday and fly home Monday.

These days, these days, these beautiful days.
I am aware--so very well aware--of the gift I've been given.

Chick Flick and Comfort Food

Today we had no appointments and it really felt like a true Saturday. Tanya and I walked some nice miles in the rain and then stopped by the coffee shop before returning to the house where our families awaited.

Later in the afternoon we went for a chick flick (Music and Lyrics) with her daughter/my neice, Anna. Byron took the other kids to see Bridge to Terabithia and we met outside afterward. Heather held herself together during the sad ending of their film (I warned her it was going to be a sad one!) and then burst into tears when she saw me.

Auntie Tanya thought we should introduce her to the concept of Comfort Food so we went immediately next door and bought hot chocolate chip cookies at Cow Chips. Yum!

After this, Tanya insisted on buying me a pair of extremely cute and comfortable shoes. I have this big sister who likes to buy me presents so doesn't that make me the most fortunate little sister ever?

We came home to hot cups of tea while Trevor played around on the guitar.

A walk, a coffee break, a chick flick, comfort food, new shoes and tea with people I love...

A pretty good way to pass a day :-)

News Flash: All World Problems Solved!

My sister and I walked down to the lake and back up again this morning. While we walked we were able to come up with solutions for all the world's problems!

Amazing, eh?

The world, yea even the very universe, should be in order now. Just wondered if anyone noticed the difference :-)

Mac-less in Seattle

Little Mac is in the shop (in Memphis apparently) and I am without. We leave for Seattle on Thursday so I get to say the "in Seatlle" bit.

Hhhhhmmm. I will be using Byron's computer parts of every day since I have work that has to be done, but in the mean time I might clean the house or write a snail mail letter on a real piece of paper or even open a book or something. Byron is NOT good at sharing his PowerBook but I love him anyway. That's the benefit he enjoys of being irresistible.

In Seattle I plan to drink gallons of tea with my sister and commiserate with her regarding the state of the world and perhaps cook up crack-pot plans of solution. We'd like to self-medicate with live music but since that always takes money we may just keep making more tea.