Somehow, nearly two years have passed since I last updated here. I suppose it got a little busy after Gavin arrived! Never fear, dearest friends and family, we’re still alive and kicking. I’ve recommitted myself to documenting the highlights, because I’ve noticed that my memory only seems to be deteriorating as time goes by. Imagine that! So it’s nice to be able to look back and be reminded of the years that have been flashing by. Y’all are welcome to come along. I’ll do my best to keep up.
…And We’re Back.
Jun 29
Cheguei!
Aug 17
Gavin Blaise Russell arrived on August 3, 2009. He was 9 lbs., 7 oz. and was 22 inches long. Welcome, to our newest little boy!
On Children
Jul 1
I was watching an old Bishop Sheen program today, wherein he discussed the raising of children. He read from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. What a gifted and inspired poet that man was!
On Children
Kahlil GibranYour children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.