Vaxxed, 12/23/2020
Home Life
Oh Come, Oh Come, Emanuel
Somehow the lyric “and death’s dark shadow put to flight” has a whole new meaning in 2020. May your holidays be blessed, friends. 💛
Summertime in the Days of Covid
Carol Anne wields her social distancing aid, the pool noodle.
A.’s first Mother’s Day.
Papa Russ loves his buddy.
Broken tent, still safe.
Pharoah’s Roses
Otis getting a drink.
Bella girl learning to shoot.
Instant memories of a memorable summer.
Imagine you get a call three days from now. It’s a family member who woke up with a cough and fever. With your heart in your throat, you think back to the event over the weekend — was everyone exposed? What about the one with asthma, was he exposed? What about our father, was he exposed? Did we make a choice that may cost us big time?
…These are the thoughts I don’t want to think. If someone comes down sick, I want to feel confident that we took appropriate precautions to make sure there was no spread within the family. I want to be confident that we didn’t stick our toe over that line.
Our system may not be what you need and that’s ok. But I’m glad we have a system. We have a plan. And if that phone call comes in 3 days I won’t have to worry about the rest of us, just the one that is sick.
“POOL NOODLE RULES”All visiting occurs outside. Every family member has a mask and a pool noodle. If you get any closer than pool noodle length to another family member (outside your immediate unit) without a mask, you get whacked with the pool noodle. Masks may be removed (for eating, drinking, etc) as long as you are >1 pool noodle away from anyone outside your immediate unit.Additional stipulations:Handwashing and masks are required at the food table. Please wipe designated bathroom with Clorox wipes if used.
Stay safe in these crazy days, friends!
Dayenu! Passover 2020
Dayenu!
Virtual Seder 2020 – “Next year together!”
1SE 2019
A glimpse at our lives, one second at a time…
2019 Highlights:
Mr. Bob passed in February
C.A. & K Wedding
J.R. & A. Expecting
Israel Trip (our first!)
J.S. & M. Wedding
Caleb’s Arrival
This video was created using the 1SE app (paid version) and music from EpidemicSound.com
Snapshot of a Summer Evening, 2019
Lately I’ve been grateful for friends with adorable babies, for summer breezes, and for food-truck dinners.
I’ve been especially grateful for my bearded man who sticks with me through the fun stuff, the hard stuff, the easy days and the hard nights. Through thick & thin, hot and cold, winter or summer — I’ll always love you, babe.
C.A. & K. 2019
“Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”
—Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
“Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, a completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life.”
— Thomas Merton
Congratulations to Carol Anne & Kendall… May your journey be filled with many magical days.
Wedding Photos by the incomparable Kristin Faye.
Bachelorette Birthday
What do you do when the bride’s birthday falls exactly 7 days before her wedding? Throw a Bachelorette / Birthday party, of course! On March 9th, 2019 we celebrated my not-so-little sister’s birthday (and her bachelorette) with Goat Yoga, bellinis, a private belly dancing class, birthday cake, and margaritas!
Tune in next week when she gets married!
(bee) Showered
In September 2018, Dana and I teamed up to throw this shower for ‘Bride-to-Bee’ Carol Anne. The wedding countdown is on!
“If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves
All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea…”
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea…”
– lyrics by Barry Louis Polisar
{weekend at Hemingway’s}
For the weekend of my 30th birthday, we went to Key West. We ate crepes, drank cuban coffees, rode a scooter, swam in the pool, gawked at iguanas, visited gardens, and petted six-toed cats at Hemingway’s house. Mostly we were in love.
