Westminster Confessions

Well, while we wait (and wait) for Hannah’s baby to come, here is a list of some of the things we are doing to occupy our time in Maine:

• watching Moose (OK, we only saw one in the yard)
• Painting Éva’s toes “pretty” (as she calls them) with nailpolish (it took Hannah almost a whole day to discover that we had done it)
• Being exposed to Maine PBS
• Watching “The Black Adder” videos
• Eating way too many sweets
• Studying Greek
• Picking blueberries
• Visiting Philip’s grandfather next door and hearing old stories
• Taking Éva out in the boat to the island camp
• Having Grampy make moose steaks for Éva at camp for breakfast the other day (this is a fact, really!)
• Cooking, doing dishes, etc (life DOES go on)

In the midst of all of this, I was tracked down by a pastor in NJ who passed on the sad news that my aunt had passed away. Aunt Mary (who never married and whose middle name I bear) taught me the finer things in life like how to curtsy and how to do the “hukelau” (a hula she learned in Hawaii). Mark and I had just been commenting that our new-to-us 1939-era apartment reminded us of Aunt Mary’s apartment building. She lived in the same place as long as I knew her.

I’ve been told I wax too poetic on this blog… but I cannot resist. So, here’s to life… the memories of a life that has come to an end, and the hope for the life that is about to enter this world. To everything there IS a season.

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