A Few Last Words

O.K. so I said I was going to bed, and after I post this, I am.

But I skipped over to La Shawn's and found this exciting news :)

Hats off to the Conservative Brotherhood that includes several my of daily reads: Juliette, La Shawn, and Booker Rising.

How wonderful and encouraging. The NRO article by writer Dan LeRoy includes a few quotes from several of the members who the liberal media would rather paint as a meager bunch swimming desperately against the tide. These bloggers, who are all excellent writers, prove differently and are finding their effectiveness to be far reaching; even to the attention of The National Review.

Congratulations to all.

So Sad

I had forgotten to retrieve the mail this afternoon. R walked down to get it while the girls and I stood in the kitchen and wolfed down some cold pizza. We attended the girls spring recital and having been in such a hurry to arrive on time, we neglected to eat something. Thus, we were standing in the kitchen having our dinner over the counter, chatting.

K, only four, walked to the front of the audience. She stood for a moment looking at the crowd. Then grinned and covered her mouth, still smiling wide. The people cooed and crowed. After introducing herself and her piece, she climbed onto the bench and played her song. Everyone clapped and giggled at her cuteness and she bowed deeply, grinned again, and walked back to me, waiting on the side. Of course, E, A, and C played perfectly, beautifully. They weren't bothered by their youngest sister's having upstaged them.

R entered, mail in hand. I immediately saw my April Lucky (with Amanda Peet on the cover- what a lovely woman), and the newsletter from our church back in Missouri. I left him to sort and sift while I perused the newsletter first. When I flipped to the back, I was suddenly and deeply saddened. A woman whom I deeply admired and whom had been a quiet mentor for me as a young mother and wife, died last week from cancer at 44.