thanks to SpongeBob...

A recent adorable gesture from my two-year-old son is one in which he insists on bring me home bouquets of flowers whenever running errands with his father. I am certain I have countless repeat episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants to thank for demonstrating this kind act. Like the one when Mr. Crabs decides to date Mrs. Puff and generously brings her flowers. However Zack was influenced, I am not exactly sure. But it melts my heart each time...

Another interesting new millennium two-year-old behavior is one in which he directs me how to navigate online at Toys 'R' us, a place we frequent to view train pictures. This simple pleasure I'm afraid has already started to develop his online shopping skills. Marketers take heed... your audience will be savvier than you imagined.

someone on my mind

"A responsible attitude toward money is one which we are open to whatever comes and trusting that it always will... What we give, we will receive and what we withhold, will be withheld from us."

~Marianne Williamson "A Return to Love."

It is my prayer that someday you understand, trust and practice the statement above and your anxiety will be lifted.

trying to keep a stiff upper lip

...ever feel like this guy?

BFFs

me and my sis on her wedding day, 09.02.06

"Tonight is a dream come true for me, as much as it is for Grettie. To see my sister walk down the aisle today is to watch her fulfill a dream. But to see her commit to sharing a life with a man like Jon is to watch her exceed all of her life’s expectations.

Jon completes Gretchen in everyway. May his strengthen and practicality shelter Gretchen from life’s thunderstorms. May his passion for life keep her forever young. I am so grateful to invite him into our family. As the kindred soul mate of my own husband Tadd, Jon sets the stage for a lifetime of memories that will leave me with abs tighter than Grettie’s when the sun sets and we are done laughing."

From "The Speech"... cried through the whole thing