I love this picture of my little man and me. He is such a poet, little guy: he has a fierce diaper rash and yesterday he told Anastasia he has “fireworks in his diaper.” What an image!
Fictional (and memoir) characters I love:
Charity Lang in Crossing to Safety. From Publisher’s Weekly: “Charity is one of the most vivid characters in fiction; if she is arrogant, she is also kindhearted, enthusiastic, stalwart and brave:an ardent liver of life. Her incandescent personality is both the dominant force and the source of strain in the enduring friendship Stegner conveys with brilliant artistry.”
Clare Abshire in The Time Traveler’s Wife. She is an inspiration with her loyalty and trust, her willingness to believe something that seems impossible to be true, her sense of humor.
Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love. Real, honest, funny, raw, vulnerable, smart, loving.
Ann Lord in Evening. She embodies the reflection that comes at the end of a life, and the realization of the ways in which small moments and people who might seem peripheral in fact define us.
A bevy of baby girls, coming to play with all the boys who are here already!
In the last ten days:
Sabina Ida Cherry
Greta Katherine Filippone
Lillian Grace Souza
Liliana Kaur Dhaliwal
Clara Ginn Bonney
Funniest. Birthday Card. Ever.
Love to you, Hillary Fleming!!!
This is one definition of heaven:
- The whole family is sleeping (Grace and Whit in their beds, Matt on couch)
- I am lying in bed: cool clean sheets, fan blowing on me, shades drawn, small bedside lamp only
- Stack of new magazines
- Computer uploading pictures
- I am left alone with my thoughts and daydreams