9 miles

was this week’s accomplishment. It took about an hour and 45 minutes, a little less. Afterwards my knees felt like they might collapse, and the next day I was exhausted.

4 weeks left until my race!

Please pray that I don’t injure myself, get ill, or do anything else that would prevent my finishing this race.

And if you happen to live nearby, there’s a BBQ following, bring your own hotdogs and beer.

Infant Anxt

listen here

Yes that’s the Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead and The Cure.

I like it, but there’s something wrong with the thought of my child falling asleep to a song which has the lyrics “This is what you get when you mess with us.” Talk about an adversarial parent/child relationship!
Yikes!

The Easter Story according to Olivia

Over this weekend Olivia and I read this book to Elise. Since we were reading it to Elise I asked Olivia a lot of questions about the book. So, this is Olivia’s version of the Easter story as told by her and me:

Me: (pointing to a picture of the cross with a figure on it) Who’s this?

Liv: Jesus

Me: What is he doing?

Liv: He’s dying.

Me: Is he dying for you?

Liv: Yes. And Elise, and Sherman.

Me: (pointing to a picture of Mary) Who’s this?

Liv: Mary. She’s blue.

Me: Yes, Mary is usually wearing blue. (pointing to a picture of the Tomb) What’s this?

Liv: A rock.

Me: Yes this is the tomb where Jesus was buried after He died. (pointing to a picture of the empty tomb) What’s this.

Liv: (very excited) The rock is open! This is the happy part!!!!!

Me: Yes! It is so happy that Jesus rose again! He is alive!

Liv: He rose again!