JUST SHY OF 'HEART-DAY', A LITTLE GIRL...

 

CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY !!

A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME IT'S YOUR B'DAY TOMORROW!

                                                                 

   

The groundhog's

Now behind us,

But winter still

Can chill!

'Feb. 5th'

Will round the corner,

With greetings yet

To spill:

Happy Birthday,

Dear Richard;

Your journey's

Been wild...

We send our best wishes

Oh, second-born child !!!

                                                                         Drs. Richard and Kaitlyn

EIGHT YEARS AGO, TODAY...

     ... On 2-1-2017, we landed at Reagan National Airport. It was a cold, sunny afternoon; our second grandchild [John] was just 2 days old and we couldn't wait to meet him! The very next day we joyously celebrated his arrival at one of the quaintly charming restaurants in the D.C. area. Those were such beautiful times. [ Little could I have imagined what tragedy would befall the Potomac River nearly 8 years later].  

      Baby John; just minutes old: 1-30-2017

We've always joked that John was born with the map of Ireland imprinted on his face! That is to say, in appearance, our grandson has always undeniably favored the Irish ancestry on his father's side (including both paternal grandparents) as well as that of his maternal grandmother (i.e., 'me') !

< age 21 months

But now the birthday boy is 8; he is blessed by a great family, a winning smile, and brains to boot!!

 

We love you dearly, and hope there are many more birthdays to come...(we just need to keep the natural disasters and tragedies far from your home in Arlington)...

                                 Oh my! How time does fly !!

"MY ICE" has nothing to do with deportation

                                                  

Ice amply coats

My thin window panes,

From outside the walls

To  'within'

Encrusted white squares,

Beguile with a stare;

A few of them cracking

Cold grins!

I love older homes

[When the weather behaves]

  But not on days mercury quivers...

My last heating bill,

Brought on shock and dismay,

So guess I'll just have to

Bear shivers !!

CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT

                                      The 'Peter Principle', and expect it to manifest itself in the next 4 years...

                                           It would also help explain why so many individuals who display abrasiveness, thoughtlessness, and interpersonal ineptitude rise to positions of power in numerous organizations, including our own

government (e.g., cabinet positions,  current presidency, etc.)