I'm an aunt!
My sister had her baby this morning, Delia Jane. She was in labor for 30 hours, but the only medication she took was a sedative at 1am so that she could try to sleep for a couple hours. She's definitely braver than I am! My mom flew from Virginia to California yesterday to be there, and she assures me that Delia is the sweetest baby ever. I kind of doubt that, because I happen to know that my son Bear was the sweetest baby ever. I know this because when he was 11 months old and his sister Ladybug was born, he wasn't jealous at all - he just cuddled her and kissed her every chance he got....
It pegged me!
You Are Likely a First Born
At your darkest moments, you feel guilty.
At work and school, you do best when you're researching.
When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often.
In friendship, you are considerate and compromising.
Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking.
You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream.
The Birth Order Predictor
With props to Jim for the link.
What?!? Where did September go?
One of the things that makes me sad is when I go to one of my favorite blogs and find that it hasn't been updated in a few days. Of course, I have no right to let this make me sad, since I am awful at keeping my blog updated. I just looked at my own blog and noticed that my last post was dated August 30, so I hadn't posted during the month of September at all. I can't let the month go by without any recognition, though.
Bear and Ladybug went back to school smoothly. This is Ladybug's last year in elementary school, and her teacher seems wonderful. She is really buckling down and working...
Farewell, Peter
This past Sunday was our rector's last Sunday with us at my parish. He had served in this parish for 26 years, so there are very deep ties. Such longstanding ministry with a single parish is practically unheard of these days, and I feel fortunate to have been blessed with Peter's ministry since I joined the parish in 1983. The Episcopal Church seems to have a liturgy for everything, but I haven't seen a formal liturgy for the retirement or resignation of a rector. Instead, each parish comes up with its own way to recognize the event liturgically. It never fails to be moving. For me, it...
