yippeeeee

a series of pictures

in florida a few years ago...

take 1:
me: hahaha. jim, mom looks like she hates you
jim: unbelievable. take it again

take 2:
jim: now who looks like they don't want to be here?

these plants are siblings

we probably couldn't tell but they can. turns out chemical signaling/love happens in plants too and they will share their space with relatives and not try to out-compete. kinda like these kids:

whoosh

this week was really hard on me emotionally, mostly because i am so new at dealing with traumas and codes in the hospital. so much sadness made my heart hurt a lot for other people and for the world we live in. i think it is part of the growing process - maybe i am stretching my heart out for more love in the future.

i do want to say this to anyone who is reading this and may not see loss as graphically or as frequently as those of us at the hospital:

be gentle with each other
give and show lots of love
believe in hope

in the end, i am not sure anything matters more. in those last moments - between calling loudly for whatever meds and tools we need - that is what is spoken of, what is given, and what i hope is also taken between this world and the next.

monday night dinner

lasagna lover = me

everyone just relax

i believe in biological diversity. so should you. for this reason i signed up for the Center of Biological Diversity's email list. my lastest email came with this subject line:

HELP SAVE WALRUS FROM MASSIVE STAMPEDE DEATH

i'd love to.

happy halloween

hope yours was wickedly wonderful. mine definitely was, mixed with lots of rain.