They are easier to detect after the fact. They are uncanny encounters, brushes with the supernatural, where the presence of the Lover accompanies us in a very real way, sheltering, directing, loving, moving, giving life to our everyday existence. You can't totally explain the experience, but you leave shaken to the very depths, knowing that you have been kissed by the Divine.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Happy 36th!
Today is Brian's birthday. In celebration, all the government jobs take a vacation day (OK, so it coincides with Martin Luther King Jr's birthday- but we all know the real reason to celebrate!) Yesterday we invited tons of people over for a party and cooked and cooked. However, Abilene was dealt with some of the crazy weather affecting much of the continent. Here it translated into ice and lots of it. Still about half the people came and it was so good to just be together and visit and eat.
Saba the bad dog helped herself to cake off the counter in the middle of the night. I guess she wasn't satisfied with the turkey bones we gave her.
It is also Wynetta's birthday. Here she is with the kids, Brian cooking some chicken, sausages and beef strips (John you should have been here) and some pictures from the effects of the freezing.
Ivan was all excited to see that winter followed us here. He woke up yelling: snow, ice! When we gave Brian a present, Ivan also said: More? Where presents? I guess he thinks xmas just goes on and on too!
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Thanks Brian for the holiday! You're the reason I celebrate! Mom
Happy Birthday Son.
Happy Birthday Brian! I hope you had a good time even though there was snow all over the ground. You can just be happy you didn't deal with our temperatures! Glad to see you still brave the elements and bbq and don't shut down! Maybe you have a little northerner in you after all! Love you guys!
Happy Birthday Brian!
I am such a bad person, I forgot you completely, just like last year. But next year, I will remember!!!
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