3-part post

part 1
imagine my surprise when, upon my return home from lunch with mor, i peeked inside our mailbox and saw, not one but, TWO envelopes from home. lovingly addressed to me and mine from my sisters and theirs. pictures and a "thank you for the judy blume books" from the greensburg sis and fam; pictures and a book from the indy sis and fam. i'm such a lucky little sister! my two sisters, who don't HAVE to, but CHOOSE to be my best friends. lucky, i guess, doesn't even begin to cover it. i love you two! and thank you for the pictures to adorn our humble abode and my small workspace.

part 2
an homage to our beloved little fluffbucket, penelope jones, who, without much fanfare, turned 2 on thursday...

part 3

to go along with part 1, i just witnessed one of the most loving sisterly acts. driving to grab my dinner from thai ruby (two thumbs down), i remembered something i read earlier today over here. i made a quick jog right, off 9th, up to kiwanis. i scanned the grounds for any signs of the event, overlooking the couple getting a little too frisky for a public park, and found the group of nienie well-wishers over by the hill. this was the scene that filled my eyes with tears of gratitude for sisters (and hope-havers) worldwide...


just, um, disregard the powerline

the balloons--every single one of them, and there are a LOT of them--have a wish, prayer, thought, small note, anything attached to them in tribute to nienie and her husband's recovery. as the tears spilled onto my sunburned cheeks and blurred my camera viewfinder, i had never been more grateful for a sister's love.