Friends

It's been a while, hasn't it? Jason started his second semester of medical school, which includes gross anatomy. I've told him to ask me before he tells me anything he saw/did that day in the lab. So far, not so bad! He's really enjoying it. And he doesn't smell too bad...yet.

Clara and I visit our friends, and go to playgroup and storytime. She almost always wants Winnie-the-Pooh or Curious George books from the library, but finally she got some other kinds of books last week, which was a relief. One of my more recent favorite books is Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson. It's amazing. You should read it!

It's been 9 months since Angela passed away. It seems unreal. Her friend put together a sweet book about her memories of Ang and gave a copy to my family. I love the quote she put in the front, which I wanted to share. I could say the same about the friends I've made here. And thanks to all my wonderful friends for your love. I'm so blessed.

'In friendship . . . we think we have chosen our peers. In reality, a few years difference in the dates of our birth, a few more miles between certain houses, the choice of one university instead of another, the accident of a topic being raised a first meeting - any of these changes might have kept up apart. But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said to the apostles, "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you" can truly say to every group of Christian friends, "You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another." The friendship is not a reward for our discriminating and good taste in finding one another out. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each the beauties of others." -C.S. Lewis

Let it snow

It has been snowing and snowing since we got back from our vacation to Washington. We got a snowsuit and boots for Clara (remember when we put ziploc bags around her feet inside her sneakers?) and she was super excited to try them out. She loves stomping around on the deck, too.