Kimmie's yard sale finds from the day before my visit -- arranged in front of the walnut drying shed on her farm Our searing summer of 2018 seems to be a debt that our soft, warm, generous Fall of this year is paying off. October has earned its place in recent memories as the loveliest. And, it was my good fortune to be reminded of the splendidness of this fall with two weekend days spending some time with long-time, special friends. Friends Amy and Doug had me, my mom, and Jeff to dinner Saturday evening. Amy and her brothers and parents were friends with my family when we were children. Her generous family lead to our enjoying the iconic Sugar Bowl ski resort with them in their family's cabin many years of our childhood, but, more; it instilled a history woven into our lives. Amy and Doug met while Amy lived at my last childhood home in Palo Alto, with my mom, shortly after my parents' divorce. She was living there when she first began dating D...
On a daily basis I feel as though I should have something profound to say. My feelings on a daily basis are certainly profoundly amazing; profoundly happy; and profoundly thankful. And I've said previously on other blog posts that I recognize that my readers are probably tiring of me gushing about how amazing my man is and how in love with him I am. Unapologetic as it may seem I still seem to feel profoundly happy; profoundly thankful; and profoundly in love with this man, who shows me, daily, that he loves spending time with me and wants to be with me. Month by month and week by week, as time passes, I see more of him each week. We are knitting together understandings about our lives; our families; the things we love and the things we hate; our dreams and our disappointments. I think the best of all is that I believe we each feel seen and safe and understood by the other in a world that, by and large, doesn't otherwise do that for us. Whatever else was pulling him other direc...