family

my brothers visit, including the one who lives far away. we haven't seen you in so long my children think you are a family legend, i tell him.

what is good about the reunion? HOM asks. they are bright people, i tell him. we can talk. we have conversations about the weather politics les miz books old times and wicked jokes. the best thing is being able to say stuff without having to explain what i mean or having to apologize for the humor. it is always a pleasure to meet someone of a similar mind, so it is nice that two of them are related to me.  

dragon boating

doing my wifely duty and being the honorary groupie at HOM's event today.

what is sorely missing, which i hope the organizers pick up for subsequent events,

IS A COFFEE STALL. 

because food and milo and ice cream and children's program and even the races are all very well, but hello! some of us function on the stuff, y'know.

thought for lent

then i shall know fully, even as i am fully known.

1 cor 13:12

thank God i am fully known

in the fulness of my flaws

and to the complete measure of my brokenness. 

thank God i may not hide

the ugly and the sordid and the shame.

i am free

before God and before man

i am fully known.

relativity

through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God...

heb 13:15

why would anyone juxtapose sacrifice with praise? one such a joyful gladsome thing and one that exists only when a price is paid. and yet the highest payment becomes an offering of gratitude in light of the costliest sacrifice of all. 

work-life balance

HOM and i stumble home bushed from a week at work. at least we have the weekend in between the work weeks, we gasp to each other. how do couples with younger children do it, whose weekends are spent shuttling from one enrichment class to another? we wonder. 

how does one find the energy to cycle from the week to weekend to the week to the weekend with no foreseeable end in sight? how did we use to manage it?

public service suggestion

owners of big cars

ought to be made to take parking tests.

relief

our old helper arrives. the dishes clean themselves. the laundry irons itself. the coffee greets us when we stumble out in the mornings. the sink is spotless. 

how did you get her to come back to you? people ask. how did you manage to contact her? it's easy when she is your daughter's facebook friend, i tell them. modern technology has its uses.

things are looking up.