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Happy birthday to epicyclical! Cheers, Cassie. Wish I could come up with as cool a birthday gift as the one you gave to me.

And too bad, FTD Florist doesn't drop ship cabana boys. With trays of drinks with little umbrellas. *Sulks*

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Happy Birthday, Harry! Thanks for all the joy you've given us. And Happy Birthday, too, to Jo, your creator.

A tragedy

This story--and especially the picture of the father--absolutely broke my heart.

I can't give the family anything but heartfelt sympathy. Every parent knows how thin the line is that we walk between life as usual and making a mistake that has consequences you will never recover from.

I hope that their family stays intact after this tragedy, and may God be with them as they mourn their loss.

Edited to add: I cross posted this in badparents here and it has generated a large amount of comments, if people would like to see what others are saying.

Delia is sick today

Today we were supposed to go over to my sister's house for dinner, so that the girls could play with their cousins and I could spend some more time with my parents, who are staying with them. But Delia has a fever--it was 103.5 at noon. I will go with Fiona, and Rob will stay with Delia. Poor Delia is absolutely devastated, and cried for an hour about missing all the fun. I wish that I could tell her something to comfort her.

Especially because of the story in my last entry, I am holding her especially tenderly today.