Breathe

First, let's take a moment and breathe. Just breathe. Let your body feel your breath. Celebrate that and that justice came yesterday for the murder of George Floyd. A corner was turned. Much, much work must still be done, but we can celebrate that the right thing was done. Many, many people did the right thing. Justice breathed and did the right thing. All thanks and praise. Amen.

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Our hemisphere is in its grand awakening from winter and that couldn't be more welcome after the extreme distresses of the year past.

Remember those clouds of frog eggs in the pond? Well, here's what's going on now...

Thousands of pollywogs!

And X has a name--"Xylo" for Xylophone...

From Aidan.

From Keoni.

Out West, Elijah is playing with his team in basketball tournaments. Here are some snaps from the trip to St. George, UT...

Kingston & Elijah...

...and Jeff, too...

Elijah.

Back at their hometown, Kingston opened his Easter card that had been a couple of weeks in transit so arrived far past Easter. 

Spring sprang in the Midwest, too...

Susie's Dogwood. It has a special name which I can't find now.

Jeanenne shared a picture she had restored of Mom and Dad. None of us knows the exact date it was taken but it is for sure mid-1930s because Dad still has a full hairline.

Sandy's pink Dogwood.

I started spreading birdseed on the outside sill of my bedroom window. So far, only a squirrel has found it...

It has meant a lot to be able to meet my vax bubble family at the farm and share some times with them, as well as, my vax bubble friend Pat. I can't say grocery shopping has improved much. It is still sort of a mess. Still, it now has the potential to get much better.

The other day, while sitting on the porch at the farm with Keoni who was eating his lunch before we took a walk, who came up and climbed on my lap but Toby. Golly, it was like old times...

From Keoni.