With Love,
Russ
I believe that every new gray hair and wrinkle are gifts to remind me that life is fleeting, and in that impermanence, precious.
With Love,
Russ
I’m committed to making as many heart-felt memories as I can with whatever time I have left. I have a fatal disease. It’s called Mortality.
With Love,
Russ
I recently got to build a blanket fort with my oldest grandson Thomas. He’s two years old. I used to love building and playing in blanket forts when I was a kid, then with my children, and now I get to do it with grandsons! It is likely to be the first of many forts, caves, castles, spaceships, and whatever else we think of with this new generation. Thankfully even an iPad or computer can’t replace some experiences for young children!
My Beloved took the photos.
With Love,
Russ
As I locked up to head for bed, the thought occurred to me that there are 6 dogs at our house tonight. That crazy number includes some we’re watching for relatives. I chuckled at what would happen to a burglar who made the mistake of hitting our house tonight. I was tempted to leave the doors unlocked, but couldn’t do it. I locked the doors to protect the poor burglars.
With love,
Russ
My Beloved and I are blessed with being able to enjoy three whole days with our two-year-old grandson Thomas. We certainly made the most of it today, starting with going to breakfast with him, his Aunt Stephanie, and her boyfriend Steve. We thought we’d surprise Thomas with a pancake shaped like one of his favorite “people” in the whole wide world: Mickey Mouse. Big mistake! When “Mama” (My Beloved) started to cut it up for him, he looked at her as though she was murdering his friend! He didn’t want to eat or cut it up!
We then took him to a place called Roaring Camp Big Trees Railroad where he got to see and ride his favorite things in the world: “TRAINS!” They have over 100-year-old steam engines and they chug through ancient redwood forests. (Long-time readers know how much I like redwoods. Actually I love ancient plants of many kinds, and joke that when I’m near them I don’t look quite as old by comparison. Thomas and his “Papa” (me) were thrilled. Mama, his Aunt Stephanie and her boyfriend Steve enjoyed it too.
Mama and Thomas climbed aboard a covered wagon.
This photo of Thomas with Mickey Mouse (or is that Minnie?) was taken at Disneyland a month or two ago.
The train station is in a small “town”. On the way out we saw the “Towne Marshall’s Office.” Since our surname is Towne we took a photo of “Towne Marshall Thomas.”
Mama and I exercised considerable self-restraint only buying three gifts for him at their gift shop, a toy train, a train-shaped bank with a coin slot, and a wooden train whistle.
It was a delightful day. Mama and Thomas are already down for the night (or at least Mama is ’til he falls asleep.)
With Love,
Russ
Kindness creates connections and miracles occur.
With Love,
Russ
What if in an afterlife roles get reversed, with those who were kind being kindly treated, and those who were unkind being treated unkindly? Wait, isn’t that often what already happens in this life?
What if those who were unkind began being treated kindly?
With love,
Russ
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