A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUT-OUT TO ....

*Lara Elisabeth*

Family has always been your first priority...

then and now

...of course, your biggest present was new baby Jude Patrick!

Enjoy your day...though  brand-new baby makes it very busy!!!

XOX,

Mom, Dad, Rich (and Kaitlyn),

Ryan (and Alison), and Robb

...and how could we ever forget your 

very first birthday with Grandpa!

HEY JUDE

Welcome to the world!!

just seconds old... Jude Patrick Jordan; 9lb.s/1 oz

Capricorn sun; Sagittarius moon; Gemini ascendant

Sweet dreams, little one!!!!

A NAME DERIVED FROM JANUS

January

Again I reply to the triple winds
running chromatic fifths of derision
outside my window:
                       Play louder...                     You will not succeed. I am
bound more to my sentences
the more you batter at me
to follow you...

                                  And the wind,

as before, fingers perfectly

its derisive music.

William Carlos Williams, 1883 - 1963

TODAY IS 'ALWAYS' A HOLIDAY FOR US!!

...and many happy returns [throughout life] !!!

XOX,

Your loving family

Channeling G.M. Hopkins

Ode to an Early Snow

Autumn's caught,

"Bereaving"...

Early snow

'at work':

Un-leaving.

Sodden scenes

Exhale,

Grow older.

Sorrows sown

By time,

Wax bolder.

Covered leaves,

Spread thick and hurried;

Winter whispers:

Wild, un-worried.

Is this cycle

One you mourn for?

('Tis the fate

All souls were

Born for).

written by L.P.-G.